INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/11
By: BWW Special Coverage Oct. 11, 2016
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 10/9/2016.
Amongst many shows bouncing back this week, WAITRESS once again broke the house record for the highest single performance gross at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre at $158,237 on Saturday, October 8, evening performance. (The previous record was also set by WAITRESS back on Saturday, June 25, with a gross of $153,794.)
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,214,118 |
| THE LION KING | $2,055,928 |
| WICKED | $1,719,802 |
| ALADDIN | $1,535,611 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,417,234 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEISENBERG ($334,446), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($334,683), THE ENCOUNTER ($336,865), HOLIDAY INN ($404,315), FALSETTOS ($404,430)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WICKED | $351,452 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $287,396 |
| ALADDIN | $224,843 |
| THE LION KING | $193,895 |
| AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | $182,104 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE COLOR PURPLE ($-759), HEISENBERG ($10,708), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($11,715), OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY ($19,934), THE ENCOUNTER ($38,948)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $205.87 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $162.68 |
| THE LION KING | $152.56 |
| THE FRONT PAGE | $129.31 |
| WICKED | $124.36 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HOLIDAY INN ($61.19), HEISENBERG ($66.65), THE ENCOUNTER ($68.08), OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY ($68.66), FALSETTOS ($73.56)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 113.95% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 105.3% |
| THE LION KING | 102.52% |
| THE FRONT PAGE | 96.87% |
| WICKED | 96.63% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HOLIDAY INN (41.73%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (43.01%), THE ENCOUNTER (46.44%), HEISENBERG (46.93%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (47.0%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.2% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE FRONT PAGE | 100.3% |
| BEAUTIFUL | 100.0% |
| THE LION KING | 99.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (58.4%), ON YOUR FEET! (61.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (62.7%), PARAMOUR (72.7%), KINKY BOOTS (72.9%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| FALSETTOS | 2531 |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | 1946 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 1690 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 1627 |
| WICKED | 1620 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE CHERRY ORCHARD (-454), THE ENCOUNTER (-398), THE COLOR PURPLE (-126), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (-43), THE HUMANS (-26)
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