INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Grosses Analysis - 6/25; ONCE Breaks $1 Million & ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS Hits New High

By: Jun. 25, 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 $1,008,136 for the week ending June 24. ONCE plays on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).

Also, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS celebrated its best sales week yet grossing $656,610 on Broadway for the week ending June 24, 2012.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/24/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $2,038,405
THE LION KING $1,953,376
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,609,734
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,602,661
EVITA $1,219,699
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE COLUMNIST ($212,086), THE LYONS ($247,348), GODSPELL ($305,616), END OF THE RAINBOW ($318,238), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($334,210)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT $225,097
GODSPELL $111,294
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER $88,334
THE LION KING $74,926
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $67,899
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PORGY AND BESS ($-126,337), Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN ($-30,053), THE COLUMNIST ($-26,706), War Horse ($-23,256), EVITA ($-18,743)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $183.12
THE LION KING $145.59
WICKED $144.66
EVITA $119.32
ONCE $118.48
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE COLUMNIST ($52.63), THE LYONS ($55.68), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($66.51), GODSPELL ($67.23), MEMPHIS ($67.25)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 128.79%
WICKED 121.25%
THE LION KING 115.57%
NEWSIES 93.89%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 89.05%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LYONS (28.12%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (32.9%), THE COLUMNIST (36.87%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (37.94%), END OF THE RAINBOW (38.79%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
NEWSIES 101.3%
ONCE 100.5%
HARVEY 100.2%
THE LION KING 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

END OF THE RAINBOW (50.9%), THE LYONS (51.5%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (53.8%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (55.8%), PORGY AND BESS (57.5%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT 2373
GODSPELL 1109
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER 1078
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT 416
THE LYONS 392
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PORGY AND BESS (-1835), HARVEY (-992), Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN (-524), GHOST (-418), War Horse (-274)

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





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