INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/28

By: Nov. 28, 2016
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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 11/27/2016.

Broadway's WAITRESS celebrated Thanksgiving performing on the MACY'S Parade, with the NBC broadcast getting the highest ratings in more than a decade. The day after (Friday) WAITRESS had the best single performance gross ever at $162,208.00, setting a new record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The gross for the week was $969,115.60.

OH HELLO had its best week yet at the Lyceum Theatre, grossing $618,882 for the week ending 11/27. In addition, it broke its previous box office record for a single performance TWICE with a gross of $111,000 on Friday 11/25 and $108,000 on Saturday 11/26 eve. OH HELLO plays through January 15th.

and ,ore to give thanks for, MATILDA had it best gross this year - $1,263,261.80.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,260,089
THE LION KING $2,496,332
WICKED $2,286,976
ALADDIN $2,047,065
SCHOOL OF ROCK $1,590,032


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
IN TRANSIT ($257,037), THE ENCOUNTER ($259,068), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($284,434), HEISENBERG ($312,461), LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES ($428,583)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WICKED $805,914
HAMILTON $805,433
ALADDIN $690,547
THE LION KING $684,128
SCHOOL OF ROCK $631,751


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES ($-251,025), HEISENBERG ($-113,706), ON YOUR FEET! ($-56,095), BEAUTIFUL ($-38,131), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($-24,847)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $303.21
THE LION KING $184.87
THE BOOK OF MORMON $176.29
WICKED $160.67
ALADDIN $149.96


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($60.05), THE ENCOUNTER ($65.99), IN TRANSIT ($66.61), HEISENBERG ($84.91), LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES ($84.99)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 130.39%
WICKED 128.49%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 111.13%
THE LION KING 106.65%
MATILDA 104.42%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
IN TRANSIT (35.02%), THE ENCOUNTER (37.24%), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (40.21%), ON YOUR FEET! (49.08%), HEISENBERG (52.06%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.0%
HAMILTON 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 99.8%
THE LION KING 99.5%
ALADDIN 98.8%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ON YOUR FEET! (60.8%), THE ENCOUNTER (65.0%), PARAMOUR (68.6%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (72.1%), THE COLOR PURPLE (73.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 2977
SCHOOL OF ROCK 2765
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 2390
SOMETHING ROTTEN! 2058
CHICAGO 1797


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HEISENBERG (-1243), ON YOUR FEET! (-743), JERSEY BOYS (-588), BEAUTIFUL (-514), IN TRANSIT (-511)

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


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