INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/13

By: Feb. 13, 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 28th time. The show earned $1,485,153.79 for the week ending Sunday, February 12, in the 1,068-seat O’Neill, one of Broadway’s smallest theatres.

In other news for THE BOOK OF MORMON, the show’s Original Broadway Cast Recording won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, held yesterday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 2/12/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,508,501
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,485,740
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,378,970
THE LION KING $1,349,837
JERSEY BOYS $864,895
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE ROAD TO MECCA ($181,398), STICK FLY ($196,337), WIT ($232,701), GODSPELL ($279,878), SEMINAR ($358,861)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $159,068
THE LION KING $123,156
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $110,968
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING $82,278
MARY POPPINS $66,773
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PORGY AND BESS ($-86,788), SISTER ACT ($-56,711), STICK FLY ($-42,001), OTHER DESERT CITIES ($-40,500), MEMPHIS ($-34,183)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $169.76
War Horse $112.78
THE LION KING $110.03
WICKED $106.92
JERSEY BOYS $102.10
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
STICK FLY ($50.33), THE ROAD TO MECCA ($56.92), WIT ($57.94), SISTER ACT ($63.60), GODSPELL ($64.07)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 119.39%
WICKED 89.73%
THE LION KING 79.86%
War Horse 79.64%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 76.28%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
STICK FLY (21.72%), SISTER ACT (27.92%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (28.33%), GODSPELL (36.62%), CHICAGO (39.6%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
WICKED 97.5%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 93.5%
ROCK OF AGES 91.8%
THE LION KING 91.4%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

STICK FLY (45.2%), SISTER ACT (47.7%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (54.8%), CHICAGO (59.2%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (62.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED 991
MARY POPPINS 906
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 819
THE LION KING 547
ROCK OF AGES 62
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PORGY AND BESS (-1599), SISTER ACT (-1189), STICK FLY (-1032), MEMPHIS (-931), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-878)

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





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