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Broadway Grosses: Jan. 7-13

By Andrew Ku
14 Jan 2008

All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers

Young Frankenstein is not reporting its grosses.

Production
(Theatre)
Weekly Gross Total Atten. Prev. Perf. Total Capacity Avg. Ticket Price Atten. %
A Bronx Tale
(Walter Kerr)
$294,854 3,830 0 7 949 $76.99 57.7%
A Chorus Line
(Schoenfeld)
$349,471 5,670 0 8 1,069 $61.64 66.3%
August: Osage County
(Imperial)
$603,293 8,583 0 8 1,439 $70.29 74.6%
Avenue Q
(Golden)
$367,582 5,467 0 8 796 $67.24 85.9%
Chicago
(Ambassador)
$377,829 5,556 0 8 1,080 $68.00 64.3%
Come…Sheba
(Biltmore)
$152,027 3,083 8 0 650 $49.31 59.3%
Curtains
(Hirschfeld)
$504,241 7,455 0 8 1,422 $67.64 65.5%
Grease
(Atkinson)
$564,954 6,655 0 8 1,072 $84.89 77.6%
Hairspray
(Neil Simon)
$552,541 8,160 0 8 1,428 $67.71 71.4%
Is He Dead?
(Lyceum)
$229,137 5,073 0 8 922 $45.17 68.8%
Jersey Boys
(August Wilson)
$1,172,218 9,812 0 8 1,222 $119.47 100.4%
Legally Blonde
(Palace)
$530,107 7,793 0 8 1,691 $68.02 57.6%
Mamma Mia!
(Cadillac Winter Garden)
$704,242 9,676 0 8 1,498 $72.78 80.7%
Mary Poppins
(New Amsterdam)
$834,991 11,670 0 8 1,791 $71.55 81.4%
November
(Barrymore)
$393,713 6,168 8 0 1,058 $63.83 72.9%
Rent
(Nederlander)
$265,191 5,151 0 8 1,181 $51.48 54.5%
Rock 'n' Roll
(Jacobs)
$467,113 6,879 0 8 1,074 $67.90 80.1%
Spamalot
(Shubert)
$659,488 9,596 0 8 1,441 $68.73 83.2%
Spring Awakening
(O'Neill)
$524,573 7,183 0 8 1,090 $73.03 82.4%
The 25th…Bee
(Circle in Square)
$218,471 3,993 0 8 684 $54.71 73.0%
The 39 Steps
(American Airlines)
$209,777 4,357 8 0 739 $48.15 73.7%
The Color Purple
(Broadway)
$388,937 6,307 0 8 1,718 $61.67 45.9%
The Farnsworth Invention
(Music Box)
$278,820 4,977 0 8 1,005 $56.02 61.9%
The Homecoming
(Cort)
$366,273 5,719 0 8 1,082 $64.04 66.1%
The Lion King
(Minskoff)
$1,024,955 12,156 0 8 1,654 $84.32 91.9%
The Little Mermaid
(Lunt-Fontanne)
$922,053 12,044 3 5 1,503 $76.56 100.2%
The Phantom of the Opera
(Majestic)
$646,082 10,493 0 8 1,607 $61.57 81.6%
The Seafarer
(Booth)
$297,402 4,740 0 8 780 $62.74 76.0%
Wicked
(Gershwin)
$1,400,269 14,181 0 8 1,809 $98.74 98.0%
Xanadu
(Hayes)
$173,750 2,723 0 8 596 $63.81 57.1%

Comparison with Previous Week

Production
(Theatre)
Weekly Gross Last Week's Gross $ Change Atten. % Last Week's Atten. % Atten. % Change
A Bronx Tale
(Walter Kerr)
$294,854 $259,101 $35,753 57.7% 46.2% 11.5%
A Chorus Line
(Schoenfeld)
$349,471 $502,712 -$153,241 66.3% 89.6% -23.3%
August: Osage County
(Imperial)
$603,293 $545,945 $57,348 74.6% 67.7% 6.8%
Avenue Q
(Golden)
$367,582 $338,178 $29,404 85.9% 82.2% 3.7%
Chicago
(Ambassador)
$377,829 $561,857 -$184,028 64.3% 86.6% -22.3%
Come…Sheba
(Biltmore)
$152,027 $87,185 $64,842 59.3% 54.5% 4.8%
Curtains
(Hirschfeld)
$504,241 $559,642 -$55,401 65.5% 68.6% -3.0%
Grease
(Atkinson)
$564,954 $669,303 -$104,349 77.6% 98.7% -21.1%
Hairspray
(Neil Simon)
$552,541 $785,790 -$233,249 71.4% 92.1% -20.7%
Is He Dead?
(Lyceum)
$229,137 $216,570 $12,566 68.8% 61.9% 6.9%
Jersey Boys
(August Wilson)
$1,172,218 $1,229,925 -$57,707 100.4% 100.8% -0.4%
Legally Blonde
(Palace)
$530,107 $759,972 -$229,865 57.6% 78.3% -20.7%
Mamma Mia!
(Cadillac Winter Garden)
$704,242 $816,353 -$112,111 80.7% 96.6% -15.8%
Mary Poppins
(New Amsterdam)
$834,991 $1,080,290 -$245,299 81.4% 94.2% -12.8%
November
(Barrymore)
$393,713 $362,138 $31,576 72.9% 73.1% -0.2%
Rent
(Nederlander)
$265,191 $343,967 -$78,776 54.5% 71.6% -17.1%
Rock 'n' Roll
(Jacobs)
$467,113 $445,912 $21,200 80.1% 77.4% 2.7%
Spamalot
(Shubert)
$659,488 $828,149 -$168,661 83.2% 95.0% -11.8%
Spring Awakening
(O'Neill)
$524,573 $646,678 -$122,105 82.4% 95.8% -13.5%
The 25th…Bee
(Circle in Square)
$218,471 $257,836 -$39,365 73.0% 79.3% -6.3%
The 39 Steps
(American Airlines)
$209,777 $113,696 $96,081 73.7% 79.6% -5.9%
The Color Purple
(Broadway)
$388,937 $770,006 -$381,069 45.9% 70.0% -24.1%
The Farnsworth Invention
(Music Box)
$278,820 $276,381 $2,439 61.9% 57.0% 4.9%
The Homecoming
(Cort)
$366,273 $335,279 $30,994 66.1% 62.4% 3.6%
The Lion King
(Minskoff)
$1,024,955 $1,294,953 -$269,998 91.9% 98.1% -6.2%
The Little Mermaid
(Lunt-Fontanne)
$922,053 $1,130,940 -$208,887 100.2% 100.8% -0.7%
The Phantom of the Opera
(Majestic)
$646,082 $893,398 -$247,316 81.6% 95.2% -13.6%
The Seafarer
(Booth)
$297,402 $240,757 $56,645 76.0% 59.6% 16.3%
Wicked
(Gershwin)
$1,400,269 $1,494,991 -$94,722 98.0% 100.0% -2.0%
Xanadu
(Hayes)
$173,750 $230,398 -$56,648 57.1% 69.1% -12.0%



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