INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/2; New Records for ONCE & THE BOOK OF MORMON

By: Jul. 02, 2012
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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!

ONCE, the Tony Award winning Best New Musical had its best week ever, grossing $1,038,983 for the week ending July 2. ONCE plays on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).

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 36th time. The show earned $1,615,956.20 for the week ending Sunday, July 1, 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, 7/1/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $2,033,004
THE LION KING $1,944,704
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,615,956
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,608,683
EVITA $1,191,200
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE COLUMNIST ($226,882), END OF THE RAINBOW ($241,146), THE LYONS ($243,525), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($349,304), CLYBOURNE PARK ($394,874)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR $172,256
MAMMA MIA! $67,490
HARVEY $45,020
ANYTHING GOES $39,486
SISTER ACT $32,224
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ($-193,762), END OF THE RAINBOW ($-77,092), PORGY AND BESS ($-66,530), JERSEY BOYS ($-60,064), War Horse ($-46,511)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $184.64
THE LION KING $144.94
WICKED $144.44
ONCE $122.45
EVITA $114.97
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LYONS ($54.02), THE COLUMNIST ($55.08), MEMPHIS ($66.47), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($66.70), ANYTHING GOES ($68.74)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 129.85%
WICKED 120.93%
THE LION KING 115.05%
NEWSIES 95.13%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 88.99%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LYONS (27.69%), END OF THE RAINBOW (29.4%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (34.38%), PORGY AND BESS (35.07%), THE COLUMNIST (39.44%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
NEWSIES 101.6%
HARVEY 101.4%
ONCE 100.3%
THE LION KING 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

END OF THE RAINBOW (42.5%), PORGY AND BESS (48.4%), THE LYONS (52.2%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (56.0%), GHOST (59.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 2671
MAMMA MIA! 964
ANYTHING GOES 626
SISTER ACT 477
MARY POPPINS 428
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-1667), PORGY AND BESS (-974), END OF THE RAINBOW (-660), War Horse (-244), MEMPHIS (-230)

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





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