INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/31

By: May. 31, 2016
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 5/29/2016.

Of note this week: Waitress hit the million dollar mark for weekly gross ticket sales for the first time. The new musical, which has been nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical, grossed $1,001,427 for the week ending May 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $2,072,450
HAMILTON $1,917,923
WICKED $1,744,424
ALADDIN $1,524,878
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,346,049


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($246,823), ECLIPSED ($295,071), FULLY COMMITTED ($371,654), FUN HOME ($387,952), BLACKBIRD ($392,758)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

PARAMOUR $219,143
HAMILTON $153,115
SCHOOL OF ROCK $151,532
MATILDA $86,528
TUCK EVERLASTING $85,155


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ON YOUR FEET! ($-127,737), AMERICAN PSYCHO ($-124,989), BEAUTIFUL ($-114,185), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($-103,519), KINKY BOOTS ($-85,435)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $178.38
THE BOOK OF MORMON $154.17
THE LION KING $152.93
WICKED $127.33
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT $125.85


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($51.67), BLACKBIRD ($60.21), THE FATHER ($66.40), BRIGHT STAR ($73.49), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($73.59)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 143.67%
THE LION KING 100.0%
ALADDIN 98.68%
WAITRESS 98.23%
WICKED 98.01%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE FATHER (36.34%), TUCK EVERLASTING (36.78%), ECLIPSED (37.42%), AMERICAN PSYCHO (41.81%), FINDING NEVERLAND (41.97%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.4%
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT 101.7%
HAMILTON 101.7%
WAITRESS 101.1%
THE LION KING 99.9%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ECLIPSED (58.2%), JERSEY BOYS (60.7%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (62.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (65.6%), KINKY BOOTS (65.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

PARAMOUR 4518
TUCK EVERLASTING 1457
SCHOOL OF ROCK 719
BLACKBIRD 514
MATILDA 329


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON YOUR FEET! (-1378), AMERICAN PSYCHO (-1372), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-1365), BRIGHT STAR (-1080), KINKY BOOTS (-998)

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


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