INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/24

By: Feb. 24, 2014
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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, 2/23/2014.

Producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced today that the new Broadway hit Beautiful - The Carole King Musical has again broken the box office record at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43 Street), for the second consecutive week. Beautiful's gross for the week ending February 23, 2014 was $913,046.90 for eight shows; last week's gross was $901,902.90, which broke the record previously set by Anything Goes.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,765,925
THE LION KING $1,754,208
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,616,666
KINKY BOOTS $1,331,106
MATILDA $1,200,517
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
BRONX BOMBERS ($140,446), MACHINAL ($285,728), ROCK OF AGES ($348,778), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY ($364,888), OUTSIDE MULLINGAR ($382,274)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ROCKY $269,158
THE LION KING $183,421
THE GLASS MENAGERIE $120,604
MACHINAL $69,711
MATILDA $54,073
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
KINKY BOOTS ($-100,034), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-88,448), CHICAGO ($-86,992), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL ($-63,681), NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT ($-51,068)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $184.72
THE LION KING $129.13
KINKY BOOTS $123.61
WICKED $116.63
BEAUTIFUL $116.33
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BRONX BOMBERS ($40.57), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY ($51.78), MACHINAL ($62.35), OUTSIDE MULLINGAR ($76.53), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($78.48)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 116.23%
WICKED 105.04%
THE LION KING 99.7%
MATILDA 94.17%
BEAUTIFUL 88.74%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
BRONX BOMBERS (19.32%), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (37.01%), MACHINAL (42.96%), CHICAGO (47.83%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (48.95%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
MATILDA 100.3%
THE LION KING 99.9%
WICKED 99.7%
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 98.6%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

BRONX BOMBERS (56.3%), CHICAGO (64.6%), ALL THE WAY (66.6%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (72.7%), MAMMA MIA! (74.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ROCKY 4186
WICKED 1331
ONCE 1247
MATILDA 1152
JERSEY BOYS 1136
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CHICAGO (-795), ALL THE WAY (-607), NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT (-397), BRONX BOMBERS (-382), AFTER MIDNIGHT (-234)

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





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