Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Broadway Box Office: Week 46: 04.09 - 04.15.12



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The Broadway Box Office Top Ten 
for the 46th week of the 2011 - 2012 season 
(April 9 - 15; 39 productions):


THE TOP TEN SHOWS OF THE WEEK





1. The Book of Mormon (Musical) Eugene O'Neill Theatre (1) 
2. Wicked (Musical) Gershwin Theatre (2)
2. tie Disney's The Lion King (Musical) Minskoff Theatre (3) 
4. Disney's Newsies (Musical) Nederlander Theatre (4) 
5. Death of a Salesman (Play Revival) (5)*
6. Evita (Musical Revival) Marquis Theatre (6)
7. Jersey Boys (Musical) Virginia Theatre (-) 
8. War Horse (Play) Vivian Beaumont Theatre (7)
9. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Musical) Foxwoods Theatre (8)
10. Rock of Ages (Musical) Helen Hayes Theatre (-)
10. tie The Best Man (Play Revival)  Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (-)



* - Death of a Salesman played 7 performances this week.

(To find out how this is calculated, please click HERE.)
(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Top Ten





  • Biggest Increase in Attendance: The Lyons (+24.3%)
  • Biggest Decrease in Attendance:  Leap of Faith (-5.1%)
  • Biggest Increase in Gross Receipts:  Evita (+$234,215)
  • Biggest Decrease in Gross Receipts:  Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark  (-$174,204)
  • Highest Average Paid Admission: The Book of Mormon ($183.20)
  • Lowest Average Paid Admission:   The Lyons ($19.11)
  • SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Newsies, Wicked
  • $1M Club: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Book of Mormon, Evita, Mary Poppins, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Newsies
  • $2M Club:  Wicked, The Lion King


THE BOTTOM FIVE SHOWS THIS WEEK





35. Leap of Faith (Musical) St. James Theatre (30)
36. Don't Dress For Dinner (Play) American Airlines Theatre (36) 
37. Seminar (Play) Golden Theatre (37)
38. Magic/Bird Longacre Theatre (38)  
38. tie The Lyons (Play) Cort Theatre  (39)  


(-) - Last week's position in the Broadway Box Office



THE TOP FIVE NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 




1. Disney's Newsies (Musical) (1)
2. Death of a Salesman (Play Revival) (2) 
3. Evita (Musical Revival) (3)
4. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (Musical) (4) 
5. The Best Man (Play Revival) (-)


Jeff
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