INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/9; MORMON Breaks Another Record

By: Jan. 09, 2012
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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!

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 25th time. The show earned $1,428,663 for the eight performance week ending 1/8/12 in the 1,068-seat O’Neill, one of Broadway’s smallest theatres. THE BOOK OF MORMON had previously set a house record of $1,374,003 for the eight performance week ending 12/4/11.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 1/8/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,872,430
WICKED $1,850,216
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,721,734
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,428,663
How to Succeed IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING $1,386,065
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE ROAD TO MECCA ($154,359), CHINGLISH ($197,148), STICK FLY ($251,712), LYSISTRATA JONES ($254,776), RELATIVELY SPEAKING ($341,814)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
AN EVENING WITH Patti LuPone AND Mandy Patinkin $78,606
PORGY AND BESS $44,567
THE ROAD TO MECCA $28,250
OTHER DESERT CITIES $-21,662
LYSISTRATA JONES $-71,724
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-1,220,060), WICKED ($-862,319), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-666,406), SISTER ACT ($-604,760), THE LION KING ($-571,702)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $163.24
THE LION KING $143.39
WICKED $130.32
How to Succeed IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING $121.87
War Horse $116.88
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE ROAD TO MECCA ($47.92), LYSISTRATA JONES ($48.64), STICK FLY ($53.99), RELATIVELY SPEAKING ($56.27), CHINGLISH ($67.06)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 114.8%
THE LION KING 110.78%
WICKED 110.06%
How to Succeed IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING 99.46%
War Horse 96.85%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
CHINGLISH (23.0%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (24.11%), LYSISTRATA JONES (30.02%), STICK FLY (31.65%), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (35.95%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL 100.0%
War Horse 100.0%
How to Succeed IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING 99.8%
ROCK OF AGES 98.7%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

CHINGLISH (34.1%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (55.4%), STICK FLY (61.7%), ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (67.1%), SISTER ACT (67.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PORGY AND BESS 1961
FOLLIES 1166
AN EVENING WITH Patti LuPone AND Mandy Patinkin 565
THE ROAD TO MECCA 264
SEMINAR 116
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SISTER ACT (-4193), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (-2885), MEMPHIS (-2836), MAMMA MIA! (-2585), CHINGLISH (-2532)

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


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