Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Broadway Box Office: Week 13: 08.20 - 08.26.12 PLUS 1st Quarter Report

Broadway Box Office
Week #13 of the 2012 - 2013 Season
August 20 - 26; 23 Productions
(SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE FIRST QUARTER RANKINGS)



Can you believe that we are already a whole quarter through the new season?  It's already been pretty busy so far, too.  There have been 5 openings: a play revival, a one-man show, a musical revival and 2 new musicals.  There have also been 17 closings, with several more in the coming few weeks.  This next quarter should see several new shows opening.

To see how this chart is calculated, click the "Box Office" tab at the top of the page.


RANK
THIS
WEEK
SHOW TITLE SHOW
TYPE
THEATRE RANK
LAST
WEEK
UP/
DOWN
1 The Book of Mormon Musical Eugene O'Neill 1 Same
2 Disney's The Lion King Musical Minskoff 2 Same
3 Wicked Musical Gershwin 3 Same
4 tie Once Musical Bernard B. Jacobs 3-1
4 tie Disney's Newsies Musical Nederlander 3 -1
6 Rock of Ages Musical Helen Hayes 6 Same
7 One Man, Two Guvnors Play Music Box 9 +2
8 Jersey Boys Musical August Wilson 8 Same
9 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Musical Foxwoods 7 -2
10 Evita Musical Revival Marquis10Same
11 Chicago Musical Revival Ambassador 13 +2
12 tie Gore Vidal's The Best Man Play Revival Gerald Schoenfeld 17 +5
12 tie The Phantom of the Opera Musical  Majestic 11 -1
14 Mamma Mia! Musical  Winter Garden 12 -2
15 Mary Poppins Musical New Amsterdam 16 +1
16 tie War Horse Play Vivian Beaumont 14 -2
16 tie Sister Act  Musical Broadway 18 +2
18 Clybourne Park Play Walter Kerr 21 +3
19 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess Musical Revival Richard Rodgers 20 +1
20 tie Nice Work If You Can Get It Musical Imperial 15 -5
20 tie Peter and the Starcatcher Play Brooks Atkinson 21 +1
20 tie Bring It On: The Musical Musical St. James 23+3
23 Chaplin Musical Barrymore n/an/a

SRO Shows: The Book of Mormon, Newsies,. The Lion King
$100+ Ticket Avg.: Evita, Newsies, Once, Rock of Ages, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Wicked
$1M Club: Wicked, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Once, Evita

Broadway Box Office
2012 - 2013 Season - 1st Quarter
May 28 - August 26, 2012; 40 Productions 
379 Playing Weeks

1st Q
Rank
Show Title Weeks
1 The Book of Mormon 13
2 Disney's The Lion King 13
3 Wicked 13
4 Once 13
5 Disney's Newsies 13
6 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 13
7 Rock of Ages 13
8 Jersey Boys 13
9 One Man, Two Guvnors 13
10 Evita 13
11 The Phantom of the Opera 13
12 Mamma Mia! 13
13 Gore Vidal's The Best Man 13
14 Disney's Mary Poppins 13
15 tieNice Work If You Can Get It 13
15 tieHarvey 10
17 Chicago: The Musical 13
18 Peter and the Starcatcher 13
19 War Horse 13
20 Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth 2
21 Clybourne Park 13
22 Bring It On: The Musical 7
23 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess 13
24 Sister Act 13
25 Ghost: The Musical 12
26Anything Goes 6
27Memphis 10
28Venus in Fur 3
29The Columnist 6
30 Other Desert Cities 5
31 Jesus Christ Superstar 5
32 End of the Rainbow 12
33 Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman 1
34 A Streetcar Named Desire 9
35 Priscilla Queen of the Desert 5
36 Fela! 4
37 Godspell 4
38 Don't Dress for Dinner 3
39 Chaplin 1
40 The Lyons 3

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Jeff
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