INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/28; Strong Start for WAITRESS

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 3/27/2016.

Of note, WAITRESS, the new Broadway musical, moved tickets like hot cakes over the first weekend of previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. A new house record was set for the most money grossed at a single performance, $145,32.00 on Saturday night (March 26). (The previous high mark at the venue was a performance of GREASE at $141,692.50 on December 27, 2007)

WAITRESS grossed an impressive $425,830.00 for three sold-out performances this week, playing at more than 101% capacity. One assumes that pie sales were up as well.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HUGHIE ($278,658), ECLIPSED ($318,920), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($358,845), BRIGHT STAR ($384,716), THE HUMANS ($395,820)

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-281,608), ECLIPSED ($-100,922), HAMILTON ($-20,534), BEAUTIFUL ($-15,955), THE CRUCIBLE ($-8,567)

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BRIGHT STAR ($48.28), HUGHIE ($60.80), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($74.64), SHE LOVES ME ($75.46), BLACKBIRD ($76.36)

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HUGHIE (35.55%), ECLIPSED (39.17%), BRIGHT STAR (41.98%), DISASTER! (42.74%), BLACKBIRD (53.69%)

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
DISASTER! (61.5%), ECLIPSED (62.8%), ON YOUR FEET! (73.9%), HUGHIE (74.2%), BLACKBIRD (76.7%)

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-2771), ECLIPSED (-1258), BLACKBIRD (-197), FINDING NEVERLAND (-125), SHE LOVES ME (-3)