INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/7
By: BWW Special Coverage Nov. 07, 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 11/6/2016.
In its first week of previews, the Robert De Niro/Jerry Zaks-helmed new musical grossed a very decent $324,821 (on 3 performances) at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, playing to over 90% capacity.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,227,546 |
| THE LION KING | $1,834,961 |
| WICKED | $1,435,835 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,292,274 |
| ALADDIN | $1,290,024 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE ENCOUNTER ($246,547), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($309,722), HEISENBERG ($419,734), HOLIDAY INN ($445,157), OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY ($485,191)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| FALSETTOS | $107,665 |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | $82,440 |
| MATILDA | $67,060 |
| SOMETHING ROTTEN! | $53,839 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $47,159 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PARAMOUR ($-120,514), CATS ($-97,735), THE COLOR PURPLE ($-85,846), CHICAGO ($-75,050), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-63,274)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $207.56 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $148.61 |
| THE LION KING | $139.27 |
| THE FRONT PAGE | $134.04 |
| LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | $120.87 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE ENCOUNTER ($66.44), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($72.60), MATILDA ($77.29), SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($78.42), HOLIDAY INN ($80.28)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 114.64% |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | 104.23% |
| THE LION KING | 97.84% |
| THE FRONT PAGE | 96.21% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 96.01% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE ENCOUNTER (35.44%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (39.04%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (39.77%), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (43.79%), HOLIDAY INN (45.95%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| THE FRONT PAGE | 101.5% |
| THE LION KING | 97.1% |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | 94.9% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (53.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (55.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (58.1%), THE ENCOUNTER (61.4%), CATS (67.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SOMETHING ROTTEN! | 839 |
| MATILDA | 570 |
| HOLIDAY INN | 363 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 358 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 236 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PARAMOUR (-1456), CATS (-1013), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-837), CHICAGO (-729), WICKED (-685)
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