Broadway Box Office Tweets - Week Ending July 18, 2010
Broadway Box Office Tweets - Week Ending July 18, 2010If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that each Monday, I offer my quick analysis of each preceding week's box office on Broadway.
For your viewing pleasure, here are my tweets in chronological order for the week ending July 18, 2010:
3:45 pm July 19 - Broadway box office increased by nearly $1 million last week over previous week to $20,126,661
3:46 pm July 19 - Broadway capacity increased 3.55% to 83.05% last week. 221,227 seats sold out of 264,344. Average ticket price: $88.55
3:47 pm July 19 - Sold-out WICKED edges LION KING out by $57,000 as top grossing Broadway show of week
3:48 pm July 19 - WICKED grosses $1,681,570 on Broadway last week. Average ticket price: $116.19. 100% capacity.
3:49 pm July 19 - THE LION KING at #2 grosses $1,624,092 last week. Has week's top capacity at 100.1%. Average ticket price: $120.96
3:50 pm July 19 - HARRY CONNICK JR: week's highest average ticket price on Broadway at $131.51. 4 shows gross $757,620. 99.7% capacity
3:51 pm July 19 - Underperforming RACE has week's dubious distinction: Bottom trifecta. Gross: $240,329/Av tix priced $63.13/Capacity 45%
3:52 pm July 19 - ROCK OF AGES picks up largest capacity gain with 7.9% to 81.1%. Grosses $530,383 with average ticket price of $81.99
3:53 pm July 19 - After hiatus, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC posts largest capacity drop: 17.2% to 80.6%. Grosses $501,212. Av tix priced $83.48
3:54 pm July 19 - WICKED, LION KING, ADDAMS FAMILY, PROMISESx2, MARY POPPPINS, BILLY ELLIOT, JERSEY BOYS each gross $1 million+ last week
3:55 pm July 19 - Shows grossing under $500,000 last week: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, NEXT TO NORMAL, LEND ME A TENOR, RACE
Feel free to comment and let me know if you're surprised by any of these results.
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Labels: average ticket price, Broadway, Broadway Box Office, Capacity, Harry Connick Jr., Race, The Lion King, Wicked
posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Monday, July 19, 2010
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