By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on July 24, 2014 5:04 PM
This Was An Excellent Week For Broadway, With Almost Every Single Show Showing An Increase In Weekly Gross. Two Shows Closed This Past Week.
"The Cripple of Inishmaan" Ends On A High Note
The Daniel Radcliffe led revival of The Cripple of Inishmaan concluded performances this Sunday, July 20, 2014. Throughout its run, box office sales were somewhat of a disappointment, hovering around $500,000 for the weekly gross.
However, in the final week of its run, fans did turn out to catch the Harry Potter star in his final performances. In that week, the gross was a record for the show at $740,711, which was 76.35% of its gross potential.
"Holler If Ya Hear Me" Also Ramps It Up, But Still At The Bottom Of The Pack
Prior to this past week, the highest percentage for gross potential for any full performance week was 66.37%. With an average ticket price of $88.63, the show was filled up to an average 97.4% capacity in the week ending July 20, 2014.
Also closing on Sunday, July 20, 2014 was the Tupac Shakur inspired musical Holler if Ya Hear Me. Unlike The Cripple of Inishmaan, this show closed much earlier than expected. Still, in its final week, sales did increase, with a weekly gross of $266,984. Still, that was only 29.11% of its gross potential.
Overall An Excellent Week For Broadway
Only running since June 2, 2014, this musical’s highest weekly gross prior to its final week was $170,652, which was only 21.19% of its gross potential. This past week, the average ticket price was still only $39.51, and despite such heavy discounting, it only filled up to an average audience capacity of 76.0%.
This past week, almost every single show had a higher weekly gross than it did the week before. The only one exception was the Idina Menzel musical If/Then, which had a weekly gross decrease of $27,115. On the other hand, the entire industry was in the black, with an overall increase of $2,232,430.
Big Week For Long-Running Hits
The highest increase was seen by The Lion King, which grossed the highest of any show on Broadway at $2,431,017, which was an incredible $279,608 higher than its previous week’s gross. Just behind was The Book of Mormon, which grossed $1,817,551, showing an increase of $196,277 from the week prior.
The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending July 20, 2014:
| Show | GrossGross | TotalAttn | %Cap | AvgPdAdm |
| A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER | $957,145 | 7,345 | 101.23% | $130.31 |
| ALADDIN | $1,542,832 | 13,781 | 99.98% | $111.95 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $1,300,153 | 8,270 | 100.76% | $157.21 |
| BULLETS OVER BROADWAY | $686,693 | 8,725 | 66.91% | $78.70 |
| CABARET | $831,305 | 6,831 | 95.62% | $121.70 |
| CHICAGO | $601,245 | 7,517 | 87.00% | $79.98 |
| CINDERELLA | $747,181 | 10,225 | 72.99% | $73.07 |
| HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | $1,088,660 | 7,214 | 102.34% | $150.91 |
| HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME | $266,984 | 6,758 | 76.04% | $39.51 |
| IF/THEN | $773,533 | 8,680 | 82.76% | $89.12 |
| JERSEY BOYS | $873,784 | 8,687 | 88.43% | $100.59 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $1,314,190 | 11,042 | 96.93% | $119.02 |
| LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL | $556,091 | 4,629 | 96.96% | $120.13 |
| LES MISÉRABLES | $1,072,101 | 10,798 | 95.79% | $99.29 |
| MAMMA MIA! | $774,592 | 8,766 | 93.98% | $88.36 |
| MATILDA | $1,167,031 | 11,544 | 100.77% | $101.09 |
| MOTOWN THE MUSICAL | $983,055 | 10,290 | 85.35% | $95.53 |
| NEWSIES | $862,977 | 9,359 | 98.72% | $92.21 |
| OF MICE AND MEN | $929,343 | 8,566 | 99.79% | $108.49 |
| ONCE | $499,598 | 6,690 | 78.97% | $74.68 |
| PIPPIN | $626,694 | 7,296 | 92.12% | $85.90 |
| ROCK OF AGES | $340,633 | 4,066 | 87.18% | $83.78 |
| ROCKY | $674,063 | 8,333 | 68.71% | $80.89 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,817,551 | 9,846 | 102.63% | $184.60 |
| THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN | $740,711 | 8,357 | 97.36% | $88.63 |
| THE LION KING | $2,431,017 | 15,155 | 99.05% | $160.41 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $1,114,417 | 12,368 | 96.32% | $90.10 |
| VIOLET | $327,327 | 4,696 | 79.97% | $69.70 |
| WICKED | $1,966,367 | 15,375 | 99.68% | $127.89 |
| Totals: | $27,867,272 | 261,209 | 91.18% | $103.58 |
