Week 12 (Aug.16 to Aug. 22)
Current 1992-93 1983-84
BROADWAY Season Season Season
Shows playing last week 17 20 19
Total playing weeks to date 223 266 249
Theater occupancy last week 48.5% 57.1%
Theater occupancy to date 53.0% 63.3%
Paid attendance last week 147,432 166,211 147,237
(% of capacity last week) (90.2%) (85.3%) (80.3%)
Total attendance to date 1,900,668 2,092,601 1,724,767
(% of capacity to date) (84.7%) (80.8%) (73.7%)
Total receipts last week $ 6,427,290 $ 6,706,164 $ 4,016,920
Season total receipts to date $ 82,268,520 $ 84,949,780 $ 47,111,983
Average paid admission
last week $ 43.59 $ 40.35 $ 27.28
New productions to date 3 3 3
ROAD
Shows reported last week 24 21 17
Total playing weeks to date 294 248 198
Total receipts last week $ 14,328,393 $ 10,898,966 $ 3,362,650
Season total receipts to date $ 153,798,303 $ 112,423,867 $ 39,740,799
COMBINED TOTALS
Total playing weeks 517 514 447
Total receipts to date $ 236,066,823 $ 197,373,647 $ 86,852,782
The tabulation above lists the total box office receipts for Broadway and the road last week and for the corresponding weeks last season, and the 1983-84 season, as well as the number of shows running those respective weeks. It also lists the running total box office receipts for the respective seasons thus far, plus the running total numbers of playing weeks for the corresponding periods for the respective seasons.cVARIETY
