Broadway Attendance Up; Week Brings Highest Grosses Ever

The Broadway League reports robust holiday grosses and a strong start to 2011 with the last two weeks grossing $60 million. The most recent week ending Jan. 2 bringing in $34,997,571 on its own was probably the highest grossing week in recorded history, according to The League.

For that week, 27 shows averaged more than 80 percent of their seats occupied; more than 32 shows averaged 70 percent of occupied seats and 21 shows averaged 90 percent of capacity. Season-to-date yielded a 3.8-percent increase in attendance and 3.6 percent in grosses year over year.

Calendar Year Stats
2010: $1.037 billion / 12.11 million in attendance
2009: $1.004 billion / 11.88 million in attendance

Holiday Grosses (Christmas and New Years, weeks 31 and 32 combined)
2010: $60.0 million (actual $59,991,360)
2009: $52.4 million

Season-To-Date
As of week 32 (week ending Jan. 2), the current 2010-11 season is up 3.6 percent in gross and 3.8 percent in attendance over 2009-10.