Broadway Sees A Small Increase This Week, Total Revenue Edges Up By $200,000, Old Favorites Like The Lion King And Wicked Dominate While The Nance Concludes Its Run With Decent Numbers


Mamma Mia

Very Small Increase in Broadway Sales

Total Broadway ticket revenue increased this week, though it wasn't anything to get too excited about, as the amount was rather small. The previous week's $23,104,021 was beat by a little over $200,000 this week, with the total of Broadway ticket sales coming in at $23,335,894.

Old Favorites Continue to Pack the Audience In

Though newcomers like Kinky Boots and Motown the Musical are wowing Broadway audiences, it is long-running shows like The Lion King and Wicked that continue to top the charts each week. Furthermore, long-runners such as Mamma Mia, Rock of Ages, and The Phantom of the Opera are still doing very well, each enjoying over 90% attendance and average paid admissions of $90 or more.

The Nance Concludes Run with Decent Numbers

The original new play The Nance, starring Nathan Lane, ended its run on August 11. Despite featuring one of Broadway's biggest and -- usually -- most bankable stars, the show never did particularly well at the box office. In its final week, The Nance did respectably, if not impressively, bringing in a total of $444,605 with 81.17% attendance.

The Following are the Broadway Ticket Sales Numbers from the Week Ending August 11, 2013:

Broadway Show Ticket Sales Analysis
Show NameGrossGrossTotalAttn%Cap
AvgPdAdm
ANNIE
$907,382
11,033
80.75%
$82.24
CHICAGO
$728,309
8,608
99.63%
$84.61
CINDERELLA
$1,091,550
11,478
81.94%
$95.10
FIRST DATE
$416,131
7,163
83.76%
$58.09
FOREVER TANGO
$384,407
5,216
70.26%
$73.70
JERSEY BOYS
$855,282
8,902
90.61%
$96.08
KINKY BOOTS
$1,632,911
11,480
100.77%
$142.24
LET IT BE
$365,570
5,780
42.93%
$63.25
MAMMA MIA!
$1,002,632
11,102
92.64%
$90.31
MATILDA
$1,313,384
11,538
100.72%
$113.83
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL
$1,476,600
12,126
100.58%
$121.77
NEWSIES
$958,460
9,503
100.24%
$100.86
ONCE
$762,161
7,632
90.08%
$99.86
PIPPIN
$1,057,057
8,023
101.30%
$131.75
ROCK OF AGES
$407,743
4,304
92.28%
$94.74
SOUL DOCTOR
$197,157
4,824
86.39%
$40.87
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK
$1,106,734
11,573
85.66%
$95.63
THE BOOK OF MORMON
$1,747,273
8,752
102.63
$199.64
THE LION KING
$2,149,242
13,605
100.04%
$157.97
THE NANCE
$444,605
5,948
81.17%
$74.75
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
$1,232,628
12,973
101.04%
$95.01
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
$489,212
5,799
68.19%
$84.36
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
$556,185
5,375
85.37%
$103.48
WICKED
$2,053,281
15,614
95.90%
$131.50
TOTALS
$23,335,894
218,351
88.95%
$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