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Broadway Grosses: April 21-27

By Andrew Ku
28 Apr 2008

All data provided by The Broadway League

Young Frankenstein is not reporting its grosses.

Production
(Theatre)
Weekly Gross Total Atten. Prev. Perf. Total Capacity Avg. Ticket Price Atten. %
A Catered Affair
(Kerr)
$424,552 5,811 0 8 933 $73.06 77.9%
A Chorus Line
(Schoenfeld)
$482,117 7,134 0 8 1,069 $67.58 83.4%
Avenue Q
(Golden)
$293,999 4,758 0 8 796 $61.79 74.7%
Boeing-Boeing
(Longacre)
$284,646 5,989 8 0 1,077 $47.53 69.5%
Cat...Roof
(Broadhurst)
$548,598 7,842 0 8 1,168 $69.96 83.9%
Chicago
(Ambassador)
$516,239 7,526 0 8 1,080 $68.59 87.1%
Cry-Baby
(Marquis)
$281,794 10,618 4 4 1,565 $26.54 84.8%
Curtains
(Hirschfeld)
$579,308 8,186 0 8 1,422 $70.77 72.0%
Glory Days
(Circle in Square)
$51,094 2,298 8 0 670 $22.23 42.9%
Grease
(Atkinson)
$680,712 8,394 0 8 1,072 $81.10 97.9%
Gypsy
(St. James)
$890,671 11,259 0 8 1,707 $79.11 82.4%
Hairspray
(Neil Simon)
$757,542 11,238 0 8 1,428 $67.41 98.4%
In the Heights
(Rodgers)
$585,934 8,307 0 8 1,344 $70.53 77.3%
Jersey Boys
(August Wilson)
$1,155,960 9,852 0 8 1,222 $117.33 100.8%
Legally Blonde
(Palace)
$719,455 10,852 0 8 1,691 $66.30 80.2%
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
(American Airlines)
$244,170 5,070 8 0 740 $48.16 85.6%
Macbeth
(Lyceum)
$492,616 6,235 0 7 910 $79.01 97.9%
Mamma Mia!
(Winter Garden)
$956,420 11,931 0 8 1,498 $80.16 99.6%
Mary Poppins
(New Amsterdam)
$914,366 13,349 0 8 1,797 $68.50 92.9%
November
(Barrymore)
$446,286 6,205 0 8 1,058 $71.92 73.3%
Passing Strange
(Belasco)
$259,911 4,903 0 8 998 $53.01 61.4%
Rent
(Nederlander)
$531,580 8,334 0 8 1,181 $63.78 88.2%
South Pacific
(Beaumont)
$738,433 8,213 0 8 1,041 $89.91 98.6%
Spamalot
(Shubert)
$782,129 10,347 0 8 1,441 $75.59 89.8%
Spring Awakening
(O'Neill)
$484,935 6,770 0 8 1,090 $71.63 77.6%
Sunday…George
(Studio 54)
$434,512 7,616 0 8 1,004 $57.05 94.8%
The Country Girl
(Jacobs)
$462,299 6,052 7 1 1,103 $76.39 68.6%
The Lion King
(Minskoff)
$1,297,216 12,951 0 8 1,654 $100.16 97.9%
The Little Mermaid
(Lunt-Fontanne)
$1,115,988 12,002 0 8 1,518 $92.98 98.8%
The Phantom of the Opera
(Majestic)
$837,131 12,843 0 8 1,607 $65.18 99.9%
Thurgood
(Booth)
$208,855 4,128 8 0 780 $50.59 66.2%
Top Girls
(Biltmore)
$181,049 3,627 8 0 650 $49.92 69.8%
Wicked
(Gershwin)
$1,468,682 14,472 0 8 1,809 $101.48 100.0%
Xanadu
(Hayes)
$226,491 3,468 0 8 596 $65.31 72.7%

Comparison with Previous Week

Production
(Theatre)
Weekly Gross Last Week's Gross $ Change Atten. % Last Week's Atten. % Atten. % Change
A Catered Affair
(Kerr)
$424,552 $341,232 $83,320 77.9% 66.2% 11.6%
A Chorus Line
(Schoenfeld)
$482,117 $350,974 $131,143 83.4% 59.0% 24.4%
Avenue Q
(Golden)
$293,999 $261,788 $32,211 74.7% 64.4% 10.3%
Boeing-Boeing
(Longacre)
$284,646 $81,063 $203,582 69.5% 73.4% -3.9%
Cat...Roof
(Broadhurst)
$548,598 $475,709 $72,889 83.9% 69.1% 14.8%
Chicago
(Ambassador)
$516,239 $465,922 $50,317 87.1% 79.2% 7.9%
Cry-Baby
(Marquis)
$281,794 $309,222 -$27,428 84.8% 72.2% 12.6%
Curtains
(Hirschfeld)
$579,308 $530,499 $48,809 72.0% 62.8% 9.1%
Glory Days
(Circle in Square)
$51,094 n/a n/a 42.9% n/a n/a
Grease
(Atkinson)
$680,712 $659,854 $20,858 97.9% 96.9% 1.0%
Gypsy
(St. James)
$890,671 $842,233 $48,438 82.4% 87.0% -4.5%
Hairspray
(Neil Simon)
$757,542 $693,273 $64,269 98.4% 94.4% 4.0%
In the Heights
(Rodgers)
$585,934 $466,664 $119,270 77.3% 70.2% 7.0%
Jersey Boys
(August Wilson)
$1,155,960 $1,138,035 $17,925 100.8% 100.2% 0.6%
Legally Blonde
(Palace)
$719,455 $585,571 $133,884 80.2% 65.6% 14.6%
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
(American Airlines)
$244,170 $223,633 $20,537 85.6% 78.1% 7.6%
Macbeth
(Lyceum)
$492,616 $473,447 $19,169 97.9% 85.8% 12.1%
Mamma Mia!
(Winter Garden)
$956,420 $913,023 $43,397 99.6% 97.2% 2.4%
Mary Poppins
(New Amsterdam)
$914,366 $912,881 $1,485 92.9% 91.7% 1.1%
November
(Barrymore)
$446,286 $350,219 $96,067 73.3% 55.7% 17.6%
Passing Strange
(Belasco)
$259,911 $180,849 $79,062 61.4% 42.1% 19.3%
Rent
(Nederlander)
$531,580 $450,889 $80,691 88.2% 75.4% 12.8%
South Pacific
(Beaumont)
$738,433 $744,929 -$6,496 98.6% 98.3% 0.3%
Spamalot
(Shubert)
$782,129 $757,156 $24,973 89.8% 83.6% 6.1%
Spring Awakening
(O'Neill)
$484,935 $403,557 $81,378 77.6% 65.0% 12.6%
Sunday…George
(Studio 54)
$434,512 $445,710 -$11,198 94.8% 93.7% 1.1%
The Country Girl
(Jacobs)
$462,299 $399,028 $63,271 68.6% 58.3% 10.3%
The Lion King
(Minskoff)
$1,297,216 $1,227,609 $69,607 97.9% 99.4% -1.5%
The Little Mermaid
(Lunt-Fontanne)
$1,115,988 $971,207 $144,781 98.8% 92.3% 6.6%
The Phantom of the Opera
(Majestic)
$837,131 $745,351 $91,780 99.9% 92.4% 7.5%
Thurgood
(Booth)
$208,855 $202,006 $6,849 66.2% 62.6% 3.5%
Top Girls
(Biltmore)
$181,049 $138,652 $42,397 69.8% 65.4% 4.3%
Wicked
(Gershwin)
$1,468,682 $1,507,124 -$38,442 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Xanadu
(Hayes)
$226,491 $161,901 $64,590 72.7% 54.8% 17.9%



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