INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/20; MAMMA MIA! Hits High

By: Jul. 20, 2015
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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!

To note this week, MAMMA MIA! celebrated its Best Non Holiday Week gross of $909.862. last week (week ending July 19) since the show moved The Broadhurst Theatre in November 2013.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 7/19/2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,620,016
WICKED $2,167,815
ALADDIN $1,833,662
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,654,152
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,439,179
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AMAZING GRACE ($321,914), HAND TO GOD ($344,030), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($392,500), ON THE TOWN ($501,525), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($538,813)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING $311,125
WICKED $267,724
THE BOOK OF MORMON $203,287
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $150,051
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH $147,149
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE KING AND I ($-94,181), ON THE TOWN ($-8,295), CHICAGO ($13,215), SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($22,659), PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY ($25,364)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LION KING $173.51
THE BOOK OF MORMON $168.31
THE KING AND I $144.65
FUN HOME $133.61
ALADDIN $132.70
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
AMAZING GRACE ($46.43), ON THE TOWN ($54.64), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($68.56), HAND TO GOD ($74.82), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($79.44)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 106.81%
WICKED 105.36%
FUN HOME 102.87%
ALADDIN 100.31%
THE LION KING 99.79%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ON THE TOWN (28.02%), AMAZING GRACE (29.32%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (39.6%), HAND TO GOD (55.22%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (56.19%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FUN HOME 103.4%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.4%
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 100.2%
MAMMA MIA! 100.2%
ALADDIN 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ON THE TOWN (61.2%), PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY (70.0%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (70.7%), HAND TO GOD (74.4%), AMAZING GRACE (74.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED 2086
THE LION KING 1544
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1435
LES MISERABLES 1303
AMAZING GRACE 1123
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY (-1132), THE KING AND I (-405), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-16), FUN HOME (-9),

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





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