INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/9

By: May. 09, 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 5/8/2016.

Amongst this week's post-Tony nomination bumps, WAITRESS had its best week yet with $960,477. The show also sold $289,345 in single tickets the day of the Tony Award nominations, and wrapped over $1.1 million in single tickets since nominations were announced. Total sales for the week May 2nd to May 8th was $1,309,246 (including single tickets and group sales).


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $2,007,738
HAMILTON $1,833,473
WICKED $1,474,349
ALADDIN $1,397,674
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,289,782


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($257,203), TUCK EVERLASTING ($282,911), ECLIPSED ($329,271), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($359,124), FULLY COMMITTED ($385,642)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT $216,085
DISASTER! $123,152
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT $89,012
THE COLOR PURPLE $88,104
ECLIPSED $60,161


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-186,846), WICKED ($-151,561), SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($-130,327), AMERICAN PSYCHO ($-104,485), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF ($-100,349)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $170.49
THE LION KING $148.84
THE BOOK OF MORMON $148.39
BEAUTIFUL $125.15
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT $118.95


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($47.08), DISASTER! ($65.13), THE FATHER ($71.97), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($72.64), BRIGHT STAR ($72.84)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 137.34%
THE LION KING 99.19%
WAITRESS 94.21%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 93.69%
THE COLOR PURPLE 91.66%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TUCK EVERLASTING (25.43%), DISASTER! (34.92%), FINDING NEVERLAND (35.74%), THE FATHER (36.29%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (40.24%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.9%
HAMILTON 101.8%
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT 100.9%
WAITRESS 100.2%
THE LION KING 99.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SOMETHING ROTTEN! (56.0%), FINDING NEVERLAND (57.4%), JERSEY BOYS (58.0%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (60.7%), DISASTER! (62.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

DISASTER! 1152
ECLIPSED 658
BRIGHT STAR 532
PARAMOUR 400
ON YOUR FEET! 228


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-1730), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-1361), TUCK EVERLASTING (-1189), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1149), WICKED (-1062)

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





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