Broadway Grosses
Week ending Sunday, May 18, 2008
Total gross
$20.3M
Shows
36
Avg capacity
79%
vs prior week
+12.6%
The week in review
Broadway grossed $20.3M across 36 shows for the week ending May 18, 2008, up 12.6% on the week. Houses were 79% full on average.
Wicked led the board at $1.4M, playing to a 100% house.
Spring Awakening posted the biggest jump, up $152k from the prior week.
Weather: around 56°F, a wet week with 4 rainy days.
| Show | Gross | vs prev | Capacity | Avg ticket | Perfs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gershwin Theatre | $1,446,047.00 | up ▲ $12k | 100% | $99.92 | 8 |
Minskoff Theatre | $1,221,435.00 | up ▲ $50k | 99% | $93.15 | 8 |
August Wilson Theatre | $1,163,619.00 | down ▼ $1k | 101% | $118.22 | 8 |
Broadhurst Theatre | $966,801.00 | up ▲ $58k | 98% | $82.27 | 8 |
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | $924,670.00 | up ▲ $50k | 91% | $83.60 | 8 |
New Amsterdam Theatre | $845,936.00 | up ▲ $80k | 90% | $65.29 | 8 |
St. James Theatre | $835,697.00 | down ▼ $19k | 74% | $83.20 | 8 |
Majestic Theatre | $774,700.00 | up ▲ $13k | 94% | $63.79 | 8 |
Vivian Beaumont Theater | $704,978.00 | down ▼ $21k | 97% | $86.95 | 8 |
Neil Simon Theatre | $657,042.00 | up ▲ $33k | 89% | $64.98 | 8 |
Broadhurst Theatre | $651,472.00 | up ▲ $0 | 91% | $76.56 | 8 |
Richard Rodgers Theatre | $650,504.00 | up ▲ $124k | 85% | $71.08 | 8 |
13Grease Brooks Atkinson Theatre | $624,587.00 | up ▲ $43k | 93% | $78.62 | 8 |
14Macbeth Lyceum Theatre | $618,354.00 | up ▲ $128k | 98% | $86.54 | 8 |
15Spamalot Sam S. Shubert Theatre | $614,070.00 | up ▲ $95k | 77% | $69.52 | 8 |
Palace Theatre | $588,736.00 | up ▲ $125k | 70% | $62.23 | 8 |
17Curtains Al Hirschfeld Theatre | $563,824.00 | up ▲ $94k | 68% | $72.53 | 8 |
Eugene O'Neill Theatre | $562,435.00 | up ▲ $152k | 84% | $76.70 | 8 |
19Rent Nederlander Theatre | $525,230.00 | up ▲ $96k | 85% | $65.69 | 8 |
20Chicago Ambassador Theatre | $511,729.00 | up ▲ $40k | 84% | $70.56 | 8 |
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | $478,108.00 | up ▲ $26k | 68% | $79.70 | 8 |
Walter Kerr Theatre | $439,329.00 | up ▲ $16k | 81% | $72.74 | 8 |
Imperial Theatre | $436,388.00 | up ▲ $46k | 78% | $71.04 | 8 |
Longacre Theatre | $359,793.00 | up ▲ $32k | 73% | $56.93 | 8 |
25Cry-Baby Marquis Theatre | $347,297.00 | up ▲ $81k | 70% | $38.27 | 8 |
Studio 54 | $346,369.00 | up ▲ $17k | 78% | $55.00 | 8 |
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | $335,752.00 | down ▼ $42k | 62% | $63.21 | 8 |
28Avenue Q John Golden Theatre | $319,510.00 | up ▲ $101k | 78% | $64.46 | 8 |
29November Ethel Barrymore Theatre | $319,421.00 | up ▲ $26k | 52% | $72.10 | 8 |
American Airlines Theatre | $266,917.00 | up ▲ $11k | 89% | $50.63 | 8 |
American Airlines Theatre | $259,087.00 | up ▲ $30k | 82% | $50.28 | 8 |
32Thurgood Booth Theatre | $258,739.00 | up ▲ $19k | 75% | $55.12 | 8 |
Belasco Theatre | $256,680.00 | up ▲ $51k | 59% | $54.39 | 8 |
Biltmore Theatre | $229,081.00 | up ▲ $66k | 78% | $56.80 | 8 |
35Xanadu Helen Hayes Theatre | $228,658.00 | up ▲ $10k | 69% | $69.42 | 8 |
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.