INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/28
By: BWW Special Coverage Nov. 28, 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 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)
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