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The PHANTOM is hot. During a week where most shows did ho-hum business, the long-running musical jumped $52,492. Other winners include Ragtime and Miss Saigon. Not so lucky is Smokey Joe's Cafe, which dropped $43,873. AVG. WEEK'S NET TICKET PERFS. BROADWAY TOP 23 RECEIPTS ATTENDANCE PRICE TO DATE
1 THE LION KING 889,473 103.4% $61 807 2 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (TM) 745,414 96% $61 261 3 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 727,306 93.4% $61 4,921 4 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (TM) 670,245 88.6% $56 24 5 FOSSE (TC) 645,099 101.4% $70 325 6 CHICAGO (TC) 626,520 85.4% $63 1,218 7 RAGTIME (TM) 600,010 86.5% $48 730 8 CABARET (TC) 506,375 97.2% $71 623 9 MISS SAIGON (TC) 501,045 78.6% $46 3,532 10 LES MISERABLES (TC) 465,770 83% $50 5,191 11 RENT (TM) 445,560 87.2% $53 1,448 12 FOOTLOOSE (TM) 416,164 87.7% $44 413 13 DEATH OF A SALESMAN (TC) 411,507 98.9% $56 248 14 CATS (TC) 405,029 71.7% $48 7,109 15 JEKYLL & HYDE (TC) 359,465 89.1% $54 1,027 16 THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (TM) 336,854 75.2% $42 684 17 SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE (TC) 258,080 62.2% $43 1,933 18 IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES (TC) 185,592 53.1% $41 189 19 KAT AND THE KINGS (TC) 182,318 58.1% $36 69 20 SIDE MAN (TC) 174,669 71.4% $38 501 21 THE WEIR (TC) 173,378 63.3% $36 229 22 DAME EDNA: THE ROYAL TOUR (TC) 134,538 60.4% $35 1 23 EPIC PROPORTIONS (TC) 121,904 65.2% $39 20
SOURCE: VARIETY, WEEK OF OCT. 11-17, 1999; ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE INCLUDES STANDING-ROOM TICKET SALES
