INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/23

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 5/22/2016.

Of note this week: For the third week in a row, Waitress topped its previous gross sales at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The Tony-nominated musical squeaked up to a new high of $982,755 in a week that saw a lot of comp tickets going to Tony and Drama Desk voters, as well as many attendees at the Broadway League's annual gathering for road presenters.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($295,322), TUCK EVERLASTING ($325,361), ECLIPSED ($332,255), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($409,027), FUN HOME ($424,225)

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE CRUCIBLE ($-19,965), ON YOUR FEET! ($-11,647), THE FATHER ($-8,756), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-7,837), TUCK EVERLASTING ($-736)

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($50.15), FINDING NEVERLAND ($64.30), BRIGHT STAR ($69.26), ECLIPSED ($71.51), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($71.97)

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TUCK EVERLASTING (29.25%), FINDING NEVERLAND (38.67%), THE FATHER (41.67%), ECLIPSED (42.14%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (47.71%)

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
JERSEY BOYS (66.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (69.8%), TUCK EVERLASTING (69.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (71.8%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (72.3%)

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE FATHER (-125), THE CRUCIBLE (-89), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-70), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (-24),