By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on December 03, 2013 4:16 AM
Broadway Show Ticket Sales Analysis For Week Ending 12/01/2013 With Ticket Sales Soaring Over Thanksgiving Week With Wicked Bringing In 2.5 Million
Broadway Ticket Sales Soar
As history has shown, Thanksgiving is one of the biggest money-making periods for Broadway. This week was no exception, with Broadway ticket sales leaping from the previous week's $23,426,994 up to $31,531,067 during the 'Turkey Day' holiday week and weekend. Clearly, once New Yorkers had sufficiently feasted, they were also ready to take in a Broadway show.
"Wicked" Brings In More Than 2.5 Million
Thanksgiving made millionaires of many Broadway shows this week, with a total of 14 plays and musicals making more than one million. And the top three shows -- The Book of Mormon, Wicked, and The Lion King -- all easily made over two million, with Wicked coming out on top at a whopping $2,625,327 in weekly grosses.
"The Winslow Boy" Closes With Decent Sales
The non-profit Roundabout Theatre Company's latest revival, The Winslow Boy, concluded its limited run this past Sunday. The Thanksgiving holiday didn't give it that much of a bump as, at a total take of $284,831, its final week's gross was on par with recent weeks. The play's average paid admission of $67.15 was unimpressive, but not unusual for Roundabout productions.
The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers from the week ending December 1, 2013:
| Show | GrossGross | Total Attn | %Cap | AvgPdAdm |
| 700 SUNDAYS | $1,121,799 | 7,164 | 81.28% | $156.59 |
| A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER | $551,608 | 5,947 | 81.96% | $92.75 |
| A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN | $317,171 | 3,368 | 55.32% | $94.17 |
| AFTER MIDNIGHT | $666,512 | 6,099 | 73.59% | $109.28 |
| ANNIE | $1,229,595 | 11,640 | 91.02% | $105.64 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $628,436 | 6,229 | 75.89% | $100.89 |
| BETRAYAL | $1,289,324 | 8,424 | 100.00% | $153.05 |
| BIG FISH | $642,180 | 8,093 | 71.70% | $79.35 |
| CHICAGO | $643,572 | 7,253 | 83.95% | $88.73 |
| CINDERELLA | $1,046,663 | 11,182 | 79.83% | $93.60 |
| FIRST DATE | $335,405 | 4,674 | 54.65% | $71.76 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $914,762 | 7,912 | 80.54% | $115.62 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,912,568 | 11,465 | 100.64% | $166.82 |
| MACBETH | $276,033 | 4,274 | 58.32% | $64.58 |
| MAMMA MIA! | $705,981 | 7,623 | 81.72% | $92.61 |
| MATILDA | $1,657,599 | 11,544 | 100.77% | $143.59 |
| MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL | $1,522,003 | 11,301 | 93.74% | $134.68 |
| NEWSIES | $1,045,626 | 9,292 | 98.02% | $112.53 |
| NO MAN’S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT | $709,855 | 7,643 | 89.04% | $92.88 |
| ONCE | $843,325 | 7,862 | 92.80% | $107.27 |
| PIPPIN | $1,070,681 | 7,974 | 100.68% | $134.27 |
| ROCK OF AGES | $407,074 | 3,922 | 84.09% | $103.79 |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | $329,489 | 4,003 | 37.94% | $82.31 |
| SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK | $1,418,373 | 12,833 | 101.33% | $110.53 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $2,161,225 | 9,846 | 102.63% | $219.50 |
| THE GLASS MENAGERIE | $611,444 | 5,225 | 83.95% | $117.02 |
| THE LION KING | $2,365,402 | 13,452 | 98.91% | $175.84 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,220,246 | 12,181 | 94.87% | $100.18 |
| THE SNOW GEESE | $150,473 | 3,546 | 68.19% | $42.43 |
| THE WINSLOW BOY | $284,831 | 4,242 | 71.66% | $67.15 |
| TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III | $826,487 | 8,165 | 97.11% | $101.22 |
| WICKED | $2,625,327 | 16,678 | 98.15% | $157.41 |
| Totals: | $31,531,067 | 261,056 | 83.88% | $112.13 |
Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2013 nytix.com
