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!
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 and the fourth time since the show opened in January 2014. For the week ending April 20th, Beautiful grossed $1,027,244.20 in the 1034 seat theatre, joining the Millionaire's Club on Broadway for the first time.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical CINDERELLA (at the Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway) continues to prove it has legs to carry those glass slippers: for the week ending April 20, the musical had its third highest-grossing week ever, with a total of $1,412,944, following two occasions last year when the show set box office records at the Broadway.
Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 4/20/2014.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED |
$2,769,554 |
THE LION KING |
$2,543,377 |
THE BOOK OF MORMON |
$1,689,905 |
KINKY BOOTS |
$1,629,283 |
MATILDA |
$1,577,093 |
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN ($94,400), MOTHERS AND SONS ($187,192), CASA VALENTINA ($212,097), VIOLET ($283,182), ACT ONE ($340,604) |
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($-68,797), MOTHERS AND SONS ($-50,936), OF MICE AND MEN ($-40,920), THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN ($-5,656), CASA VALENTINA ($20,023) |
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
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Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN ($23.54), CASA VALENTINA ($44.22), VIOLET ($48.17), ACT ONE ($53.69), MOTHERS AND SONS ($55.79) |
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
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Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN (14.46%), MOTHERS AND SONS (24.39%), ACT ONE (31.77%), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (33.75%), CASA VALENTINA (36.19%) |
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
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Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
MOTHERS AND SONS (52.3%), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (64.3%), ACT ONE (73.2%), THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN (75.5%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (85.5%)
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Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
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Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week OF MICE AND MEN (-813), MOTHERS AND SONS (-57), |
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