INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/13

By: Jun. 13, 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 6/12/2016.

The new musical WAITRESS just celebrated its best grossing week ever and has set a new record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre grossing $1,058,461 for the 8-performance week ending June 12th.

The previous record for an 8-performance week was held by The Odd Couple at $1,039,505 for the week ending January 1st, 2006.

The over-one-million gross is particularly impressive considering the size of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. At 1,045 seats, the theatre is one of the smaller musical playhouses on Broadway.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $2,071,899
HAMILTON $2,028,208
WICKED $1,859,038
ALADDIN $1,581,642
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,343,083


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($256,649), THE FATHER ($298,505), FUN HOME ($331,268), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($360,867), FULLY COMMITTED ($370,369)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WICKED $174,221
HAMILTON $173,219
BLACKBIRD $139,110
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $119,097
THE KING AND I $101,035


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($-36,563), SHE LOVES ME ($-26,462), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($-24,270), FUN HOME ($-10,875), THE CRUCIBLE ($11,358)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $188.60
THE BOOK OF MORMON $153.99
THE LION KING $152.66
WICKED $128.12
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT $127.17


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
AN ACT OF GOD ($69.36), FINDING NEVERLAND ($72.62), FUN HOME ($73.39), FULLY COMMITTED ($73.94), ECLIPSED ($74.10)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 151.93%
WICKED 104.45%
WAITRESS 103.82%
THE LION KING 101.15%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 97.56%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
AN ACT OF GOD (38.08%), FUN HOME (41.68%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (42.09%), THE FATHER (42.12%), FINDING NEVERLAND (46.66%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.3%
HAMILTON 101.8%
WAITRESS 100.9%
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 100.2%
THE LION KING 100.0%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (59.5%), JERSEY BOYS (62.4%), KINKY BOOTS (63.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (66.7%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (67.5%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

BLACKBIRD 1695
FINDING NEVERLAND 1325
WICKED 1240
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 1225
ON YOUR FEET! 1100


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
AN ACT OF GOD (-899), PARAMOUR (-721), SHE LOVES ME (-718), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (-555), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-116)

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


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