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Broadway Grosses

Week ending Sunday, November 16, 2008

Total gross
$16.6M
Shows
33
Avg capacity
68%
vs prior week
−2.9%

The week in review

Broadway grossed $16.6M across 33 shows for the week ending November 16, 2008, down 2.9% on the week. Houses were 68% full on average.

Wicked led the board at $1.3M, playing to a 94% house.

Shrek the Musical posted the biggest jump, up $379k from the prior week.

A holiday week (Veterans Day) — holiday weeks typically lift attendance as visitors flood the city.

Weather: around 49°F, 2 rainy days.

ShowGrossvs prevCapacityAvg ticketPerfs
Gershwin Theatre
$1,305,090.00down $58k94%$96.148
August Wilson Theatre
$1,072,512.00down $2k99%$110.778
Vivian Beaumont Theater
$914,515.00down $6k99%$110.488
Minskoff Theatre
$896,036.00down $98k77%$88.128
Broadhurst Theatre
$861,145.00down $56k91%$79.408
Imperial Theatre
$793,078.00down $281k79%$100.894
Richard Rodgers Theatre
$695,754.00down $82k74%$87.088
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
$692,703.00down $75k72%$79.608
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
$681,749.00down $19k92%$88.138
Majestic Theatre
$640,280.00down $21k74%$66.568
St. James Theatre
$583,865.00down $9k63%$68.018
New Amsterdam Theatre
$578,445.00down $109k63%$64.278
Marquis Theatre
$565,269.00up $086%$82.380
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
$554,039.00up $42k78%$84.438
Broadway Theatre
$549,006.00up $379k58%$78.280
Walter Kerr Theatre
$529,382.00up $24k83%$83.748
Broadhurst Theatre
$495,391.00down $20k57%$90.338
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
$451,658.00down $69k59%$66.268
Neil Simon Theatre
$427,573.00down $52k64%$58.288
Ambassador Theatre
$400,254.00down $69k67%$69.488
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
$367,039.00down $113k57%$75.188
Imperial Theatre
$360,015.00down $9k57%$80.878
Longacre Theatre
$306,115.00down $10k59%$59.348
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
$304,164.00down $36k58%$59.848
John Golden Theatre
$257,593.00down $5k70%$57.908
American Airlines Theatre
$223,099.00down $65k90%$55.796
Belasco Theatre
$207,203.00up $2k52%$49.210
Studio 54
$207,099.00up $090%$57.300
2913
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
$206,743.00down $84k43%$57.868
Booth Theatre
$206,063.00down $5k80%$41.520
American Airlines Theatre
$174,080.00down $22k53%$52.238
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
$122,378.00down $5k45%$52.088
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.