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Thirty-five shows brought in $18,769,339 during Week 43 (March 21-27), up $3,078,250 or 19.62% from the previous week. The 2005 tally tops the $17.57 million Broadway earned in 2004 (April 5-11) and the $14.90 million in 2003 (April 14-20). And it wasn't just dollars. The 276,345 in paid attendance was also a marked improvement over recent years.
A few long-running shows scored higher receipts than they did for Easter week 2004. The new premium prices helped, but more tix were also sold. Those escalating tuners included "Wicked" ($1,211,713), "The Lion King" ($1,191,673), "Beauty and the Beast" ($889,016), "The Phantom of the Opera" ($747,916), "Chicago" ($618,463), "Avenue Q" ($521,392) and "Rent" ($513,112), up $108,700 from last Easter.
The holiday session was not good news for "Dame Edna" ($178,879) and "Democracy" ($157,089), which continued their respective slides at the box office, down $2,166 and $15,856.
The previewing "Steel Magnolias" ($205,202 for 7) was the only other show to see its receipts decrease. Dropping $30,762, the femme starrer had the good excuse of performing one less preview than the week before.
New to the street were "The Pillowman" ($245,670 for 8), "On Golden Pond" ($179,011 for 8), "A Streetcar Named Desire" ($105,472 for 2), and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" ($136,769 for 1). Opening this session are "Doubt" ($338,667), up $18,739, and "Julius Caesar" ($613,319), up $51,369 and playing to 93.6% capacity. Expanding $63,560, "All Shook Up" ($579,321) achieved the rare feat of seeing its gross grow, despite lots of crix comps and preem-night freebies. The 21 musicals grossed $14,570,316 for 77.6% of the Broadway total, with attendance of 210,766 at 93.4% of capacity.
The 14 plays grossed $4,199,023 for 22.4% of the Broadway total, with attendance of 65,579 at 70.2% of capacity.
Average ticket prices were $69.13 for musicals, $64.03 for plays and $67.92 for all shows.
