Yawp Mag ISSUE 20: The Festival that Was | Page 19

REAKING SUCCESS The 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival achieved a record breaking $13,331,162 in box office – an increase of 12.27% on 2012. Program 459 shows in 130 venues 5,671 performances, including nearly 60 free family performances 1,390 artists Audience 638,200 attended 489,723 paid attendance 148,477 people attended free events as part of The (Very) Big Laugh Out Box Office $13,331,162 Television Audiences The live audience numbers are boosted by an additional 3.5 million viewers for the nationally broadcast TV specials on Network Ten and ABC2.