INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/23

By: May. 23, 2016
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 5/22/2016.

Of note this week: For the third week in a row, Waitress topped its previous gross sales at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The Tony-nominated musical squeaked up to a new high of $982,755 in a week that saw a lot of comp tickets going to Tony and Drama Desk voters, as well as many attendees at the Broadway League's annual gathering for road presenters.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $2,056,550
HAMILTON $1,764,808
WICKED $1,673,967
ALADDIN $1,474,530
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,388,431


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($295,322), TUCK EVERLASTING ($325,361), ECLIPSED ($332,255), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($409,027), FUN HOME ($424,225)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

PARAMOUR $443,779
THE LION KING $405,480
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $200,627
WICKED $195,514
MATILDA $143,611


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE CRUCIBLE ($-19,965), ON YOUR FEET! ($-11,647), THE FATHER ($-8,756), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-7,837), TUCK EVERLASTING ($-736)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $164.09
THE BOOK OF MORMON $158.79
THE LION KING $151.66
BEAUTIFUL $123.31
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT $122.46


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($50.15), FINDING NEVERLAND ($64.30), BRIGHT STAR ($69.26), ECLIPSED ($71.51), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($71.97)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 132.2%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 100.86%
THE LION KING 97.62%
WAITRESS 96.4%
WICKED 94.05%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TUCK EVERLASTING (29.25%), FINDING NEVERLAND (38.67%), THE FATHER (41.67%), ECLIPSED (42.14%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (47.71%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
HAMILTON 101.8%
WAITRESS 101.1%
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT 100.6%
THE LION KING 99.9%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
JERSEY BOYS (66.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (69.8%), TUCK EVERLASTING (69.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (71.8%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (72.3%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

PARAMOUR 3044
FINDING NEVERLAND 2655
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2280
THE LION KING 2176
MATILDA 1648


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE FATHER (-125), THE CRUCIBLE (-89), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-70), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (-24),

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





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