Braodway's in publish-holiday stupor

Broadway box office descended from Thanksgiving levels in Week 27 (November. 28-12 ,. 4), but sales remained as healthy -- a minimum of in the more in-demand choices, which saw some struggling one of the people from the millionaires' club.Within the equine race for that lead place, "The Lion King" ($1,682,555) unseated "Wicked" ($1,656,955). Meanwhile, "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" ($1,520,929) handled the unpredicted task of topping the stellar sum it drenched throughout the Poultry Day sesh, competing with "It of Mormon" ($1,374,003) when it comes to packed-house attendance (both reported earnings of 102% capacity) and average cost compensated per ticket ($158.50 for "Jackman," $157 for "Mormon").Total Broadway cume fell by $4.3 million to $23.8 million for 33 shows. Not surprisingly, attendance slowed down substantially, falling some 25,000 to 245,483 and filling theaters to around 75% of overall capacity.The 24 musicals made $19,552,706 for 82.2% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 194,702 as well as an average compensated admission of $100.42.The nine plays made $4,242,979 for 17.8% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 50,781 as well as an average compensated admission of $83.55. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com