INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/25

By: Feb. 25, 2013
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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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 2/24/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,779,324
WICKED $1,657,584
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,607,985
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,212,082
CINDERELLA $1,045,064
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? ($277,424), THE OTHER PLACE ($296,168), PICNIC ($331,975), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ($346,637), ROCK OF AGES ($439,386)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NEWSIES $103,315
MANILOW ON BROADWAY $42,447
PICNIC $29,197
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $21,473
ANNIE $17,563
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF ($-232,680), WICKED ($-218,336), MAMMA MIA! ($-164,273), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-130,168), CHICAGO ($-114,081)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $183.73
THE LION KING $122.38
WICKED $119.47
ONCE $114.79
ROCK OF AGES $101.52
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
PICNIC ($61.48), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ($64.29), THE OTHER PLACE ($67.04), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? ($73.26), MARY POPPINS ($75.83)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 112.57%
WICKED 98.6%
THE LION KING 96.93%
ONCE 92.0%
MARY POPPINS 90.53%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (37.35%), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (41.6%), THE OTHER PLACE (48.48%), PICNIC (48.63%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (50.39%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
ONCE 99.8%
CINDERELLA 99.7%
NEWSIES 97.0%
THE LION KING 96.3%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (65.2%), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (67.1%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (67.8%), WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (69.4%), MAMMA MIA! (73.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MARY POPPINS 1256
THE LION KING 1135
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1018
NEWSIES 838
JERSEY BOYS 646
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MAMMA MIA! (-1935), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (-1617), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (-741), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-730), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-448)

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





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