B'way grosses, attendance were a bit higher in '08
NEW YORK (AP) -- An industry trade association says overall Broadway grosses and attendance in 2008 were a bit higher than the box-office take and attendance of the previous year.
The 2008 gross was more than $940 million, according to figures released Monday by the Broadway League. Attendance topped 12.32 million.
In 2007, the box-office take was $938 million and attendance 12.29 million, both figures affected by a 19-day stagehands strike during the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday period.
The two-week Christmas-New Year's holiday grosses were also up, jumping from more than $49 million in 2007 to nearly $51 million a year later.
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