The Phantom of the Opera is doing well at $3.7 million per week – Broadway Box Office

The skim of the operaAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, which ended Sunday after 35 years on Broadway, did well, with box office receipts for the show’s final week reaching a record $3,739,934.

Playing to a standing room only audience at the old location, the Majestic Theatre, ghost had a solid average ticket price of $287 during Work-at-Home week (the final performance on Sunday was by invitation only and highly paid).

Among the shows of a more recent vintage, Peter Pan goes wrong, the latest comedy from the folks at Mischief Theater Company, earned $903,540, a surprisingly strong number for a new non-musical play. The combination of Mischief’s reputation (the band was very popular behind the The part that goes wrong) and current guest star Neil Patrick Harris (he’s on board until April 30) were irresistible to ticket buyers, averaging $113.67 per ticket and occupying 95% of the seats at the Ethel Barrymore. Tomorrow is opening night.

The strong performances of both shows contributed to the Broadway total of $38,474,982 for the week ending April 16. The total number of visitors was 282,895. The total count of the 34 productions held from the previous week.

Two shows opened last week with Thick ham It receives the more consistently positive reviews, but occupies a lower percentage of spots than Aaron Sorkin’s edit Camelot. The first, a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy at the American Airlines Theater, grossed $309,831 with 76% of seats taken. Camelot occupied 96% of the seats at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater and grossed $811,393.

Contains a number of other spring novelties The Thanksgiving Game at the Hayes, opening April 20 (last week gross $167,207, with an average ticket price of $43.73); Big facethe critically acclaimed London solo show starring Jodie Comer nearly sold out its seven previews, earning $889,666 at the Golden (opens April 23); Good night, Oscarthe new comedy-drama with Sean Hayes at the Belasco filled 70% of the seats in seven previews at the Belasco and earned $603,556 (opening April 24); Summer 1976, the new play starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht at the Samuel Friedman Theatre, earned $362,597 for seven previews and opens April 25; And New-York, New-Yorkthe new Kander & Ebb musical has 87% of the St. James seats filled and grossed $1,018,014 with an average ticket price of $88.71 (opening April 26).

Speaking of Kander & Ebb, the revival of the duos Chicago is now with ghost‘s Departure, the longest running show on Broadway with 10,338 performances. The musical continues to draw audiences, with last week’s gross at the Ambassador Theater totaling $683,480.

In the season to date, Broadway has grossed $1,419,749,603 with a total attendance of 10,949,864 at an 89% seat load rate.

All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. Visit the league’s website for a complete list of ticket offices.