INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/23

By: Dec. 23, 2013
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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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 12/22/2013.

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 48th time. The show earned $1,962,932 for the week ending Sunday, December 22, in the 1,068-seat O'Neill, one of Broadway's smallest theatres.

Also, TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III set another house record at the Belasco Theatre for the week ending 12/22/13, with a gross of $845,435.20. (This includes 250 seats priced at $25 at every performance.)

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,206,379
WICKED $2,153,098
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,962,932
KINKY BOOTS $1,719,272
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,407,739
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($291,763), MACBETH ($334,034), ROCK OF AGES ($351,984), FIRST DATE ($361,670), THE GLASS MENAGERIE ($504,049)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING $387,554
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $195,808
WICKED $181,153
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $148,302
MATILDA $129,367
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL ($-130,415), JERSEY BOYS ($-82,241), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($-82,106), 700 SUNDAYS ($-69,681), BEAUTIFUL ($-60,742)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $224.28
THE LION KING $164.67
KINKY BOOTS $155.17
BETRAYAL $151.49
WICKED $148.63
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
MACBETH ($57.90), FIRST DATE ($64.60), BIG FISH ($67.90), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($82.93), CHICAGO ($84.62)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 128.35%
WICKED 128.07%
KINKY BOOTS 114.54%
BETRAYAL 113.93%
MATILDA 100.92%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
MACBETH (31.86%), BIG FISH (39.22%), FIRST DATE (41.75%), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin (43.4%), CINDERELLA (54.63%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ANNIE 104.1%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III 101.4%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 100.7%
BETRAYAL 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin (57.8%), FIRST DATE (65.5%), MACBETH (68.9%), CINDERELLA (69.9%), BIG FISH (70.2%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1482
ANNIE 1145
CHICAGO 984
MAMMA MIA! 957
CINDERELLA 594
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ROCK OF AGES (-736), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin (-658), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-650), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL (-557), WICKED (-522)

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





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