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Broadway Grosses

Week ending Sunday, October 5, 2008

Total gross
$16.6M
Shows
31
Avg capacity
72%
vs prior week
+6.6%

The week in review

Broadway grossed $16.6M across 31 shows for the week ending October 5, 2008, up 6.6% on the week. Houses were 72% full on average.

Wicked led the board at $1.4M, playing to a 100% house.

The Little Mermaid posted the biggest jump, up $115k from the prior week.

Weather: around 60°F, 1 rainy day.

ShowGrossvs prevCapacityAvg ticketPerfs
Gershwin Theatre
$1,402,931.00up $19k100%$96.948
August Wilson Theatre
$1,104,309.00up $5k101%$111.848
Minskoff Theatre
$1,096,496.00up $30k96%$86.678
Broadhurst Theatre
$997,450.00up $21k99%$83.808
Vivian Beaumont Theater
$917,533.00down $4k100%$110.608
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
$809,439.00up $115k85%$78.358
Richard Rodgers Theatre
$715,985.00down $26k76%$87.348
Imperial Theatre
$700,757.00up $094%$105.540
St. James Theatre
$696,728.00up $20k78%$65.498
Majestic Theatre
$681,462.00down $11k79%$67.058
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
$665,491.00down $19k98%$80.390
Broadhurst Theatre
$662,213.00up $65k74%$92.698
New Amsterdam Theatre
$598,246.00up $43k63%$66.258
Palace Theatre
$511,864.00up $105k69%$54.608
Ambassador Theatre
$481,869.00down $73481%$68.608
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
$453,615.00up $10k74%$71.078
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
$447,520.00down $15k63%$62.258
Neil Simon Theatre
$435,704.00up $33k68%$56.018
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
$424,766.00down $14k54%$68.258
Walter Kerr Theatre
$396,195.00up $79k79%$66.166
Imperial Theatre
$391,308.00down $28k61%$82.128
Longacre Theatre
$350,664.00down $14k63%$63.728
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
$320,661.00up $4k62%$59.208
American Airlines Theatre
$271,879.00down $1k84%$54.580
John Golden Theatre
$248,279.00down $28k64%$61.008
American Airlines Theatre
$221,277.00up $11k66%$53.148
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
$180,553.00up $076%$56.120
Lyceum Theatre
$148,510.00up $24k44%$46.288
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
$127,740.00down $9k47%$52.080
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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
$125,793.00down $44k35%$48.611
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.