INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/15

By: Oct. 15, 2013
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights!

Amongst this week's notable news, BETRAYAL broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre for the second time in its second week of performances. For seven performances for the week ending Sunday, 10/13/13, BETRAYAL grossed $1,112,027, breaking its previous house record of $1,100,818 for seven performances in its first week of performance. The prior house record for the Barrymore was set by DEATH OF A SALESMAN, which grossed $1,066,582.41, for the week ending 6/2/12.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL has broken the house record at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street), grossing $1,430,084.50 over eight performances for the week ending October 13, 2013.

And, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre for the 45th time. The show earned $1,844,549.00 for the week ending Sunday, October 13, in the 1,068-seat O'Neill, one of Broadway's smallest theatres.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 10/13/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,885,054
WICKED $1,874,654
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,844,539
KINKY BOOTS $1,810,202
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,488,380
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SOUL DOCTOR ($128,256), THE WINSLOW BOY ($199,512), A TIME TO KILL ($278,494), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL ($317,826), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($353,070)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $331,046
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $302,181
MATILDA $260,038
ANNIE $256,352
BIG FISH $212,560
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL ($-355,176), ROCK OF AGES ($8,387), BETRAYAL ($11,209), SOUL DOCTOR ($16,344), THE WINSLOW BOY ($30,187)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $210.76
KINKY BOOTS $157.68
BETRAYAL $150.87
THE LION KING $138.58
WICKED $129.91
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SOUL DOCTOR ($30.52), THE WINSLOW BOY ($47.14), A TIME TO KILL ($50.97), FIRST DATE ($68.35), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($70.29)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 131.87%
KINKY BOOTS 120.6%
BETRAYAL 118.98%
WICKED 111.51%
MATILDA 111.09%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SOUL DOCTOR (17.91%), THE WINSLOW BOY (29.42%), ROMEO AND JULIET (37.7%), A TIME TO KILL (37.77%), CINDERELLA (51.67%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 101.7%
PIPPIN 101.1%
KINKY BOOTS 100.8%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 100.6%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ROMEO AND JULIET (55.3%), CINDERELLA (71.1%), THE WINSLOW BOY (71.5%), SOUL DOCTOR (74.8%), FIRST DATE (76.7%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANNIE 2795
CINDERELLA 2143
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 1851
A TIME TO KILL 1680
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1474
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (-3326), BIG FISH (-322), ROCK OF AGES (-241),

That's all for this week... Other statistics that you'd like to see? Let us know!





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