INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/6

By: May. 06, 2013
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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!

In hot news for the week, I'LL EAT YOU LAST, Bette Midler's critically acclaimed return to Broadway by Tony Award winner John Logan, directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, has broken the box office record at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street) for the second time. The production grossed $753,217 for the week ending May 5, 2013. This breaks the production's previous record of $686,031.00 which was set the week ending April 21, 2013.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 5/5/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,829,570
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,691,752
WICKED $1,651,541
LUCKY GUY $1,382,232
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,209,773
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE BIG KNIFE ($220,859), ANN ($261,380), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($295,099), THE TESTAMENT OF MARY ($301,343), ORPHANS ($397,646)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS $107,115
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $105,992
THE TESTAMENT OF MARY $84,810
MAMMA MIA! $77,264
PIPPIN $71,674
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CINDERELLA ($-91,345), WICKED ($-83,525), NEWSIES ($-77,036), ANNIE ($-65,101), ORPHANS ($-46,823)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $193.30
LUCKY GUY $145.19
THE LION KING $137.91
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS $136.08
THE RASCALS: ONCE UPON A DREAM $128.61
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE TESTAMENT OF MARY ($49.59), THE BIG KNIFE ($60.93), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($63.14), ORPHANS ($66.72), JEKYLL & HYDE ($72.23)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
LUCKY GUY 121.73%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 121.62%
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 109.77%
THE RASCALS: ONCE UPON A DREAM 98.46%
WICKED 98.24%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ANN (24.67%), JEKYLL & HYDE (25.61%), THE TESTAMENT OF MARY (35.79%), ORPHANS (38.77%), THE BIG KNIFE (39.89%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 101.8%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 100.8%
LUCKY GUY 100.7%
MATILDA 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ANN (39.9%), JEKYLL & HYDE (42.8%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (60.4%), ANNIE (60.6%), THE BIG KNIFE (61.2%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE TESTAMENT OF MARY 369
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT 330
MAMMA MIA! 315
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE 296
THE RASCALS: ONCE UPON A DREAM 255
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (-1434), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-848), CINDERELLA (-748), THE BIG KNIFE (-678), JEKYLL & HYDE (-622)

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


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