Earlier this week, the Broadway League released the box office figures for the 2012 - 2013 season. As you probably know, the total gross was a tidy $1.14B, and attendance at 11.6M. The season's gross was statistically insignificant in differene to the 2011 - 2012, though attendance was down 6%. So, if you think you are paying more for theatre tickets, you are right. The dip in attendance, however, also corresponds to the dip in playing weeks, which was also down 6% from 2011 - 2012.
All season, I've been tracking the Broadway Box Office, and ranking the shows according to % of Gross Potential, Average Ticket Price, and Attendance. Below, I have prepared a complete chart of all 80 shows that played Broadway between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012. (The official figures ran through May 26. The first week of the 2013 - 2014 season ends June 2, 2013.)
I have separated out the 5 "Special Engagements" because they represent a statistcal anomoly. The other 75 shows are ranked 1 - 75 in each of the 3 categories, then totalled. The totals this season could range anywhere from 3 points through 225 points. The show with the lowest total is top ranked, and so on. The final totals and rankings are listed in the far right columns. An "*" denotes a tie at that number.
THE TOP FIVE SHOWS(Note that there is only 2 are musicals!)
The Book of Mormon
Lucky Guy
Death of a Salesman
I'll Eat You Last
Glengarry Glen Ross*
The Lion King*
The Lion King*
THE TOP FIVE NOT-FOR-PROFIT SHOWS (Because, until they go into extended runs (Harvey) or transfer (Other Desert Cities), their totals will always be skewed by lower ticket price averages.)
Harvey
The Nance
The Assembled Parties
The Other Place
The Columnist
Note: This season, Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were all commercial runs and/or transfers.
THE 2012 -2013 BROADWAY SEASON BOX OFFICE
SHOW | GROSS POTENTIAL | GP RANK | AVG. TICKET PRICE | ATP RANK | ATTEND | ATTN RANK | TOTAL RANK PTS. | FINAL RANK |
*Frankie Valli | 99.52% | B | Table Cell | B | Table Cell | B | B | B |
*Lewis Black | 110.00% | A | Table Cell | E | Table Cell | A | A | A |
*Manilow on Broadway | Table Cell | D | Table Cell | D | Table Cell | D | E | E |
*Mike Tyson | Table Cell | E | Table Cell | A | Table Cell | E | D | D |
*The Rascals | Table Cell | C | Table Cell | C | Table Cell | C | C | C |
A Christmas Story | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 17 |
A Streetcar Named Desire | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 65 |
An Enemy of the People | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 61 |
Ann | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 72 |
Annie | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 24 |
Anything Goes | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 42 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 58* |
Bring It On | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 55* |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 28* |
Chaplin | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 49 |
Chicago | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 25* |
Cinderella | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 19 |
Clybourne Park | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 41 |
Cyrano de Bergerac | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 58* |
Dead Accounts | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 57 |
Death of a Salesman | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 3 |
Don't Dress for Dinner | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 69 |
Elf | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 23 |
End of the Rainbow | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 67 |
Evita | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 20 |
Fela! | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 68 |
Ghost | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 53 |
Glengarry Glen Ross | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 5* |
Godspell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 73 |
Golden Boy | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 66 |
Grace | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 52 |
Hands on a Hardbody | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 70* |
Harvey | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 22* |
I'll Eat You Last | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 4 |
Jekyll & Hyde | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 70* |
Jersey Boys | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 13* |
Jesus Christ Superstar | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 54 |
Kinky Boots | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 16 |
Lucky Guy | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 2 |
Macbeth | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 31 |
Mamma Mia | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 30 |
Mary Poppins | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 33 |
Matilda | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 13* |
Memphis | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 50* |
Motown | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 8* |
Newsies | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 12 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 32 |
Once | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 8* |
One Man, Two Guvnors | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 18 |
Orphans | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 37 |
Other Desert Cities | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 38 |
Peter and the Starcatcher | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 44* |
Picnic | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 58* |
Pippin | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 10 |
Porgy and Bess | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 43 |
Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 63* |
Rock of Ages | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 11 |
Scandalous | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 76 |
Sister Act | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 45* |
Spider-Man | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 15 |
The Anarchist | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 50* |
The Assembled Parties | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 40 |
The Best Man | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 25* |
The Big Knife | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 62 |
The Book of Mormon | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 1 |
The Columnist | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 48 |
The Heiress | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 25* |
The Lion King | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 5* |
The Lyons | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 74 |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 55* |
The Nance | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 36 |
The Other Place | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 45* |
The Performers | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 75 |
The Phantom of the Opera | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 21 |
The Testament of Mary | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 63* |
The Trip to Bountiful | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 39 |
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 28* |
Venus in Fur | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 35 |
War Horse | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 34 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 47 |
Wicked | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | Table Cell | 7 |
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