Broadway Grosses: May 4-10 - Part 2

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May 12, 1998
 
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All data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers

Part 1: Broadway Grosses

Comparison with Previous Week

Production Theatre Weekly Gross Last Week's Gross $ Change Atten. % Last Week's Atten. % Atten. % Change
1776 Gershwin $272,014 $341,207 -$69,193 49.9% 58.5% -8.6%
A View...Bridge Neil Simon $173,014 $224,382 -$51,368 71.2% 66.0% 5.2%
Art Royale $413,289 $394,371 $18,918 94.0% 89.9% 4.0%
Beauty and the Beast Palace $540,077 $592,959 -$52,882 73.1% 79.7% -6.6%
Bring in Da Noise.... Ambassador $348,436 $361,732 -$13,296 85.5% 89.6% -4.1%
Cabaret Kit Kat Klub $203,061 $206,694 -$3,633 99.0% 98.5% 0.4%
Cats Winter Garden $362,642 $383,681 -$21,039 69.2% 74.6% -5.5%
Chicago Shubert $669,652 $674,260 -$4,608 98.6% 100.3% -1.6%
Forever Tango Marquis $240,084 $241,554 -$1,470 62.3% 66.1% -3.8%
Freak Cort $213,813 $206,942 $6,871 80.8% 79.8% 1.0%
Golden Child Longacre $73,494 $76,354 -$2,860 32.3% 34.7% -2.5%
High Society St. James $435,466 $433,981 $1,485 61.9% 64.9% -3.0%
Honour Belasco $81,918 $104,593 -$22,675 27.7% 46.7% -19.0%
Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth $405,471 $408,625 -$3,154 80.8% 80.8% 0.0%
Les Miserables Imperial $488,264 $505,433 -$17,169 92.0% 93.8% -1.8%
Miss Saigon Broadway $416,835 $466,996 -$50,161 69.2% 77.4% -8.2%
Ragtime Ford Center $865,962 $864,261 $1,701 98.0% 98.2% -0.2%
Rent Nederlander $551,358 $553,559 -$2,201 101.9% 101.9% 0.0%
Smokey Joe's Cafe Virginia $316,476 $330,726 -$14,250 70.5% 76.6% -6.1%
The Beauty...Leenane Walter Kerr $316,783 $313,222 $3,561 90.0% 87.2% 2.7%
The Chairs Golden $171,826 $153,980 $17,846 80.2% 69.7% 10.5%
The Deep Blue Sea Roundabout $120,035 $123,116 -$3,081 89.1% 87.6% 1.5%
The Diary...Anne Frank Music Box $136,775 $138,468 -$1,693 48.9% 53.6% -4.7%
The Judas Kiss Broadhurst $375,057 $344,340 $30,717 79.7% 81.8% -2.1%
The Last...Ballyhoo Helen Hayes $125,140 $113,599 $11,541 54.4% 48.2% 6.2%
The Life Barrymore $212,090 $215,132 -$3,042 54.4% 51.4% 3.0%
The Lion King New Amsterdam $800,983 $802,938 -$1,955 100.5% 100.9% -0.4%
The Old Neighborhood Booth $99,221 $91,589 $7,632 56.1% 56.7% -0.6%
The Phantom of the Opera Majestic $712,458 $681,108 $31,350 94.1% 90.2% 3.9%
The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff $330,180 $358,147 -$27,967 54.3% 59.5% -5.2%
The Sound of Music Martin Beck $483,774 $511,619 -$27,845 70.7% 73.8% -3.1%
The Sunshine Boys Lyceum $131,040 $139,623 -$8,583 42.1% 45.1% -3.0%
Titanic Lunt-Fontanne $589,190 $628,443 -$39,253 87.6% 90.8% -3.2%
Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson $310,869 $309,655 $1,214 80.8% 79.8% 1.0%

Ranking by Weekly Gross

Production Theatre Weekly Gross
Ragtime Ford Center $865,962
The Lion King New Amsterdam $800,983
The Phantom of the Opera Majestic $712,458
Chicago Shubert $669,652
Titanic Lunt-Fontanne $589,190
Rent Nederlander $551,358
Beauty and the Beast Palace $540,077
Les Miserables Imperial $488,264
The Sound of Music Martin Beck $483,774
High Society St. James $435,466
Miss Saigon Broadway $416,835
Art Royale $413,289
Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth $405,471
The Judas Kiss Broadhurst $375,057
Cats Winter Garden $362,642
Bring in Da Noise.... Ambassador $348,436
The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff $330,180
The Beauty...Leenane Walter Kerr $316,783
Smokey Joe's Cafe Virginia $316,476
Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson $310,869
1776 Gershwin $272,014
Forever Tango Marquis $240,084
Freak Cort $213,813
The Life Barrymore $212,090
Cabaret Kit Kat Klub $203,061
A View...Bridge Neil Simon $173,014
The Chairs Golden $171,826
The Diary...Anne Frank Music Box $136,775
The Sunshine Boys Lyceum $131,040
The Last...Ballyhoo Helen Hayes $125,140
The Deep Blue Sea Roundabout $120,035
The Old Neighborhood Booth $99,221
Honour Belasco $81,918
Golden Child Longacre $73,494

Ranking by % Attendance

Production Theatre Atten. %
Rent Nederlander 101.9%
The Lion King New Amsterdam 100.5%
Cabaret Kit Kat Klub 99.0%
Chicago Shubert 98.6%
Ragtime Ford Center 98.0%
The Phantom of the Opera Majestic 94.1%
Art Royale 94.0%
Les Miserables Imperial 92.0%
The Beauty...Leenane Walter Kerr 90.0%
The Deep Blue Sea Roundabout 89.1%
Titanic Lunt-Fontanne 87.6%
Bring in Da Noise.... Ambassador 85.5%
Freak Cort 80.8%
Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson 80.8%
Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth 80.8%
The Chairs Golden 80.2%
The Judas Kiss Broadhurst 79.7%
Beauty and the Beast Palace 73.1%
A View...Bridge Neil Simon 71.2%
The Sound of Music Martin Beck 70.7%
Smokey Joe's Cafe Virginia 70.5%
Miss Saigon Broadway 69.2%
Cats Winter Garden 69.2%
Forever Tango Marquis 62.3%
High Society St. James 61.9%
The Old Neighborhood Booth 56.1%
The Last...Ballyhoo Helen Hayes 54.4%
The Life Barrymore 54.4%
The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff 54.3%
1776 Gershwin 49.9%
The Diary...Anne Frank Music Box 48.9%
The Sunshine Boys Lyceum 42.1%
Golden Child Longacre 32.3%
Honour Belasco 27.7%

Ranking by Average Ticket Price

Production Theatre Avg. Ticket Price
Ragtime Ford Center $60.91
The Sound of Music Martin Beck $59.50
Jekyll & Hyde Plymouth $58.92
The Phantom of the Opera Majestic $58.81
Chicago Shubert $58.13
Rent Nederlander $57.29
The Lion King New Amsterdam $57.09
Titanic Lunt-Fontanne $57.02
High Society St. James $53.83
Beauty and the Beast Palace $53.05
Art Royale $51.58
Cabaret Kit Kat Klub $50.09
The Judas Kiss Broadhurst $48.30
The Last...Ballyhoo Helen Hayes $48.17
Bring in Da Noise.... Ambassador $47.90
The Beauty...Leenane Walter Kerr $47.44
Les Miserables Imperial $46.93
Smokey Joe's Cafe Virginia $46.31
Wait Until Dark Brooks Atkinson $46.07
The Life Barrymore $45.30
The Scarlet Pimpernel Minskoff $44.46
Cats Winter Garden $44.23
Miss Saigon Broadway $43.18
The Sunshine Boys Lyceum $42.55
The Chairs Golden $38.00
Honour Belasco $36.60
1776 Gershwin $35.91
The Diary...Anne Frank Music Box $35.51
Freak Cort $34.90
The Deep Blue Sea Roundabout $33.76
Forever Tango Marquis $30.13
The Old Neighborhood Booth $28.54
Golden Child Longacre $26.21
A View...Bridge Neil Simon $23.94
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