INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/10; ALADDIN Record

By: Aug. 10, 2015
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!

ALADDIN set a new house record for a 9-performance week for the week ending Aug 9, grossing $2,078,163.20.

Measured in both attendance and box office, ALADDIN has established itself as the biggest hit in several seasons, welcoming its one-millionth guest last month and setting this 8th house record in its first 18 months.

Its success continues internationally with a production in Tokyo selling out since opening earlier this year and sit-down productions in Hamburg and London opening over the next 12 months.


Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 8/9/2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,333,537
ALADDIN $2,078,163
WICKED $1,980,056
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,605,195
PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY $1,422,088
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AMAZING GRACE ($272,287), HAND TO GOD ($288,012), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($396,374), ON THE TOWN ($460,190), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($494,033)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ALADDIN $223,756
THE BOOK OF MORMON $130,840
PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY $117,428
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU $61,823
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $60,362
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-290,751), HAMILTON ($-235,653), CHICAGO ($-145,691), FINDING NEVERLAND ($-141,924), WICKED ($-138,345)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LION KING $171.98
THE BOOK OF MORMON $163.18
THE KING AND I $134.78
ALADDIN $133.70
WICKED $131.38
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ON THE TOWN ($53.00), AMAZING GRACE ($53.91), HAND TO GOD ($66.55), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($71.85), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($77.45)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
WICKED 111.25%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.65%
ALADDIN 101.06%
THE LION KING 98.14%
FUN HOME 97.58%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
AMAZING GRACE (24.8%), ON THE TOWN (25.71%), HAND TO GOD (46.23%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (49.85%), JERSEY BOYS (53.48%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FUN HOME 103.0%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
MAMMA MIA! 100.8%
HAMILTON 100.7%
ALADDIN 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

AMAZING GRACE (54.3%), ON THE TOWN (57.9%), JERSEY BOYS (67.5%), HAND TO GOD (70.1%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (72.6%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ALADDIN 1726
THE BOOK OF MORMON 1086
ON THE TOWN 1019
PENN & TELLER ON BROADWAY 719
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU 598
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE LION KING (-1568), WICKED (-1104), FINDING NEVERLAND (-702), CHICAGO (-674), JERSEY BOYS (-424)

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


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