INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/11

By: Jun. 11, 2012
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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!

Having not yet set enough records, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 35th time. The show earned $1,615,230.71 for the week ending Sunday, June 10, in the 1,068-seat O’Neill, one of Broadway’s smallest theatres.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/10/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,990,184
THE LION KING $1,847,364
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,615,231
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,489,655
EVITA $1,387,065
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GODSPELL ($156,437), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($193,207), THE LYONS ($239,983), THE COLUMNIST ($267,428), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($299,235)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $246,695
WICKED $188,051
Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN $154,956
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER $116,549
VENUS IN FUR $116,218
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARVEY ($-48,206), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT ($-32,627), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-13,851), GODSPELL ($-11,612), THE COLUMNIST ($-9,975)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $184.56
WICKED $139.30
THE LION KING $137.63
EVITA $120.70
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $107.97
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($47.73), GODSPELL ($58.11), THE LYONS ($59.33), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($62.86), HARVEY ($64.14)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 129.8%
WICKED 118.38%
THE LION KING 109.29%
NEWSIES 92.68%
ONCE 85.11%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GODSPELL (20.47%), THE LYONS (27.29%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (29.46%), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (29.62%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (33.45%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
NEWSIES 100.9%
THE LION KING 100.1%
ONCE 99.4%
WICKED 98.7%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

GODSPELL (45.8%), THE LYONS (46.9%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (48.0%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (50.9%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (55.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 2190
Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN 1318
VENUS IN FUR 1290
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER 1134
END OF THE RAINBOW 1010
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (-482), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-456), HARVEY (-452), GODSPELL (-339), THE COLUMNIST (-184)

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


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