Broadway Grosses
Week ending Sunday, May 11, 2008
Total gross
$18.1M
Shows
36
Avg capacity
73%
vs prior week
−5.7%
The week in review
Broadway grossed $18.1M across 36 shows for the week ending May 11, 2008, down 5.7% on the week. Houses were 73% full on average.
Wicked led the board at $1.4M, playing to a 100% house.
Boeing-Boeing posted the biggest jump, up $105k from the prior week.
A holiday week (Truman Day) — holiday weeks typically lift attendance as visitors flood the city.
Weather: around 57°F, 2 rainy days.
| Show | Gross | vs prev | Capacity | Avg ticket | Perfs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gershwin Theatre | $1,434,150.00 | down ▼ $5k | 100% | $99.10 | 8 |
Minskoff Theatre | $1,171,678.00 | down ▼ $58k | 98% | $90.67 | 8 |
August Wilson Theatre | $1,164,898.00 | up ▲ $6k | 101% | $118.32 | 8 |
Broadhurst Theatre | $908,311.00 | down ▼ $54k | 94% | $80.42 | 8 |
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | $875,071.00 | down ▼ $52k | 85% | $84.39 | 8 |
St. James Theatre | $854,278.00 | up ▲ $104k | 75% | $83.52 | 8 |
New Amsterdam Theatre | $765,619.00 | down ▼ $84k | 82% | $65.35 | 8 |
Majestic Theatre | $761,251.00 | down ▼ $75k | 94% | $62.99 | 8 |
Vivian Beaumont Theater | $725,485.00 | down ▼ $23k | 97% | $90.02 | 8 |
Neil Simon Theatre | $624,142.00 | down ▼ $44k | 87% | $62.86 | 8 |
11Grease Brooks Atkinson Theatre | $581,701.00 | down ▼ $35k | 90% | $75.23 | 8 |
Richard Rodgers Theatre | $526,333.00 | up ▲ $40k | 70% | $69.69 | 8 |
13Spamalot Sam S. Shubert Theatre | $519,455.00 | down ▼ $323k | 68% | $66.34 | 8 |
14Macbeth Lyceum Theatre | $489,874.00 | down ▼ $27k | 93% | $82.68 | 7 |
15Chicago Ambassador Theatre | $472,042.00 | down ▼ $44k | 81% | $67.06 | 8 |
16Curtains Al Hirschfeld Theatre | $470,304.00 | down ▼ $24k | 59% | $70.08 | 8 |
Palace Theatre | $463,246.00 | down ▼ $68k | 54% | $63.11 | 8 |
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | $452,484.00 | up ▲ $10k | 65% | $79.20 | 8 |
19Rent Nederlander Theatre | $428,996.00 | down ▼ $44k | 72% | $63.35 | 8 |
Walter Kerr Theatre | $423,688.00 | down ▼ $7k | 79% | $71.85 | 8 |
Eugene O'Neill Theatre | $410,523.00 | up ▲ $7k | 67% | $70.72 | 8 |
Imperial Theatre | $390,469.00 | down ▼ $3k | 76% | $65.78 | 8 |
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | $377,540.00 | up ▲ $10k | 62% | $71.36 | 8 |
Studio 54 | $329,559.00 | up ▲ $28k | 75% | $54.80 | 8 |
Longacre Theatre | $327,771.00 | up ▲ $105k | 70% | $54.69 | 8 |
26November Ethel Barrymore Theatre | $293,895.00 | up ▲ $5k | 48% | $71.73 | 8 |
27Cry-Baby Marquis Theatre | $266,232.00 | up ▲ $44k | 65% | $31.72 | 8 |
American Airlines Theatre | $256,096.00 | up ▲ $51k | 85% | $50.79 | 8 |
29Thurgood Booth Theatre | $239,366.00 | up ▲ $37k | 71% | $54.41 | 8 |
American Airlines Theatre | $229,236.00 | up ▲ $10k | 75% | $48.64 | 5 |
31Avenue Q John Golden Theatre | $218,791.00 | down ▼ $35k | 55% | $62.02 | 8 |
32Xanadu Helen Hayes Theatre | $218,615.00 | up ▲ $8k | 69% | $66.47 | 8 |
Belasco Theatre | $205,944.00 | up ▲ $12k | 45% | $56.75 | 8 |
Biltmore Theatre | $163,474.00 | down ▼ $24k | 56% | $56.37 | 7 |
Circle in the Square Theatre | $13,341.00 | down ▼ $34k | 19% | $53.37 | 1 |
Hilton Theatre | $0.00 | up ▲ $0 | 0% | $0.00 | 8 |
Source: Broadway League weekly grosses via Playbill. Commentary and context (weather, holidays, events) by BoothHistory.