Broadway Revenue Takes A Million-Dollar Hit In August As New Shows Like Let It Be Struggle To Find Their Footing, The Lion King, Wicked, And The Book Of Mormon Are The Top Earners


Broadway Ticket Revenue Falls by a Million

Let It Be Broadway Show

The month of August didn't start off very well for Broadway, with total Broadway ticket sales falling from the previous week's $24,169,058 down to $23,104,021 - a difference of over one million dollars.

New Broadway Shows Struggle

The new Broadway season has gotten off to a slow start with four new shows, none of which is doing very impressively. Soul Doctor, First Date, Forever Tango, and Let It Be are all earning average paid admissions in the $50 to $70 range. Of the four, First Date is seeing the best attendance currently, with the theater capacity at 90.59%.

The Lion King is Broadway's Top Show

Disney's long-running favorite The Lion King tops the chart this week. It was the only Broadway show to bring in over two million, coming in at $2,145,484. The second top earner was Wicked at $1,880,559, with The Book of Mormon close behind at $1,730,668.

The Following are the Broadway Ticket Sales Numbers from the Week Ending August 4, 2013:

Broadway Show Ticket Sales Analysis
Show NameGrossGrossTotalAttn
%Cap
AvgPdAdm
ANNIE
$942,089
11,249
82.33%
$83.75
CHICAGO
$695,084
8,352
96.67%
$83.22
CINDERELLA
$1,077,805
11,440
81.67%
$94.21
FIRST DATE
$430,115
7,747
90.59%
$55.52
FOREVER TANGO
$332,317
5,000
67.35%
$66.46
JERSEY BOYS
$834,861
8,641
87.96%
$96.62
KINKY BOOTS
$1,636,476
11,482
100.79%
$142.53
LET IT BE
$377,941
7,090
52.66%
$53.31
MAMMA MIA!
$937,040
10,766
89.84%
$87.04
MATILDA
$1,286,980
11,542
100.75%
$111.50
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL
$1,423,791
11,812
97.98%
$120.54
NEWSIES
$965,025
9,577
101.02%
$100.76
ONCE
$786,155
7,875
92.95%
$99.83
PIPPIN
$1,043,942
7,963
100.54%
$131.10
ROCK OF AGES
$406,126
4,359
93.46%
$93.17
SOUL DOCTOR
$295,901
4,532
81.16%
$65.29
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK
$1,295,262
12,977
84.05%
$99.81
THE BOOK OF MORMON
$1,730,668
8,752
102.63%
$197.75
THE LION KING
$2,145,484
13,604
100.03%
$157.71
THE NANCE
$352,327
4,932
67.30%
$71.44
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
$1,182,528
12,739
99.21%
$92.83
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
$475,842
5,529
65.02%
$86.06
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
$569,705
5,348
84.94%
$106.53
WICKED
$1,880,559
13,958
96.45%
$134.73
Totals:
$23,104,021
217,266
88.22%
$101.32

Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2012 nytix.com