Broadway Grosses
Week ending Sunday, January 4, 2009
Total gross
$25.7M
Shows
32
Avg capacity
89%
vs prior week
+1.5%
The week in review
Broadway grossed $25.7M across 32 shows for the week ending January 4, 2009, up 1.5% on the week. Houses were 89% full on average.
Wicked led the board at $1.8M, playing to a 100% house.
13 posted the biggest jump, up $181k from the prior week.
A holiday week (Christmas / New Year week, New Year's Day) — holiday weeks typically lift attendance as visitors flood the city.
Weather: around 30°F, 0.28in of snow.
| Show | Gross | vs prev | Capacity | Avg ticket | Perfs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gershwin Theatre | $1,769,489.00 | down ▼ $34k | 100% | $122.27 | 8 |
Minskoff Theatre | $1,555,984.00 | up ▲ $21k | 100% | $117.57 | 8 |
Imperial Theatre | $1,358,454.00 | up ▲ $11k | 100% | $119.60 | 8 |
Broadway Theatre | $1,268,342.00 | up ▲ $8k | 99% | $92.12 | 8 |
Broadhurst Theatre | $1,261,939.00 | up ▲ $13k | 100% | $105.82 | 8 |
August Wilson Theatre | $1,248,236.00 | down ▼ $90k | 101% | $126.45 | 8 |
New Amsterdam Theatre | $1,225,467.00 | up ▲ $49k | 98% | $87.32 | 8 |
Majestic Theatre | $1,188,823.00 | up ▲ $56k | 100% | $91.68 | 8 |
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | $1,159,724.00 | down ▼ $9k | 97% | $98.59 | 8 |
Richard Rodgers Theatre | $1,136,062.00 | up ▲ $14k | 92% | $112.59 | 8 |
11Spamalot Sam S. Shubert Theatre | $1,068,658.00 | up ▲ $100k | 101% | $91.54 | 8 |
Vivian Beaumont Theater | $940,747.00 | down ▼ $2k | 100% | $113.10 | 8 |
Neil Simon Theatre | $921,534.00 | up ▲ $118k | 99% | $80.58 | 8 |
Marquis Theatre | $869,936.00 | down ▼ $539k | 78% | $98.40 | 7 |
15Chicago Ambassador Theatre | $796,853.00 | up ▲ $51k | 101% | $91.15 | 8 |
16Grease Brooks Atkinson Theatre | $768,163.00 | down ▼ $59k | 100% | $88.84 | 8 |
17Gypsy St. James Theatre | $767,827.00 | up ▲ $75k | 91% | $62.07 | 8 |
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | $713,678.00 | up ▲ $110k | 92% | $81.91 | 9 |
Eugene O'Neill Theatre | $679,434.00 | up ▲ $153k | 104% | $74.89 | 8 |
2013 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | $655,655.00 | up ▲ $181k | 95% | $73.55 | 9 |
21Equus Broadhurst Theatre | $605,706.00 | up ▲ $107k | 79% | $79.28 | 8 |
Palace Theatre | $587,196.00 | down ▼ $86k | 91% | $94.59 | 4 |
23Avenue Q John Golden Theatre | $453,119.00 | up ▲ $1k | 90% | $78.86 | 8 |
Longacre Theatre | $450,913.00 | up ▲ $92k | 93% | $56.15 | 8 |
25Pal Joey Studio 54 | $402,251.00 | up ▲ $16k | 91% | $54.87 | 8 |
Imperial Theatre | $395,288.00 | up ▲ $29k | 61% | $73.34 | 9 |
Helen Hayes Theatre | $363,887.00 | down ▼ $37k | 82% | $85.62 | 9 |
American Airlines Theatre | $340,071.00 | down ▼ $10k | 86% | $62.92 | 8 |
Booth Theatre | $335,231.00 | up ▲ $31k | 93% | $65.90 | 7 |
Ethel Barrymore Theatre | $329,979.00 | down ▼ $59k | 53% | $73.92 | 8 |
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | $72,190.00 | up ▲ $0 | 59% | $47.37 | 0 |
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.