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Broadway Grosses

Week ending Sunday, August 24, 2008

Total gross
$17.3M
Shows
26
Avg capacity
81%
vs prior week
−6.9%

The week in review

Broadway grossed $17.3M across 26 shows for the week ending August 24, 2008, down 6.9% on the week. Houses were 81% full on average.

Wicked led the board at $1.5M, playing to a 100% house.

Cirque Dreams posted the biggest jump, up $44k from the prior week.

Weather: around 71°F.

ShowGrossvs prevCapacityAvg ticketPerfs
Gershwin Theatre
$1,511,914.00down $16k100%$104.478
Minskoff Theatre
$1,320,247.00down $19k100%$99.788
August Wilson Theatre
$1,099,592.00down $1k100%$112.168
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
$1,084,100.00down $40k99%$90.568
Broadhurst Theatre
$1,030,679.00down $12k101%$84.868
Richard Rodgers Theatre
$948,811.00down $57k94%$93.878
Vivian Beaumont Theater
$909,164.00down $10k100%$109.278
Majestic Theatre
$890,101.00down $22k96%$71.598
New Amsterdam Theatre
$877,443.00down $91k88%$69.238
Palace Theatre
$703,931.00down $116k73%$71.188
St. James Theatre
$658,330.00down $77k66%$72.598
Nederlander Theatre
$633,355.00down $7k88%$76.008
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
$625,927.00down $70k90%$80.978
Neil Simon Theatre
$607,929.00down $57k81%$65.678
Broadway Theatre
$576,326.00up $44k72%$57.218
Ambassador Theatre
$552,283.00down $37k90%$71.318
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
$515,896.00down $98k68%$66.178
Imperial Theatre
$506,237.00down $24k76%$85.348
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
$431,484.00down $3k72%$68.628
Longacre Theatre
$425,249.00up $6k76%$65.378
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
$364,207.00up $071%$59.940
Helen Hayes Theatre
$339,549.00down $23k83%$85.298
John Golden Theatre
$319,127.00down $5k77%$65.218
American Airlines Theatre
$263,556.00down $19k76%$54.828
Lyceum Theatre
$149,212.00down $14k45%$44.898
Hilton Theatre
$0.00up $00%$0.008

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Source: Broadway League weekly grosses via Playbill. Commentary and context (weather, holidays, events) by BoothHistory.