INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/13
By: BWW Special Coverage Jun. 13, 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 6/12/2016.
The new musical WAITRESS just celebrated its best grossing week ever and has set a new record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre grossing $1,058,461 for the 8-performance week ending June 12th.
The previous record for an 8-performance week was held by The Odd Couple at $1,039,505 for the week ending January 1st, 2006.
The over-one-million gross is particularly impressive considering the size of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. At 1,045 seats, the theatre is one of the smaller musical playhouses on Broadway.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $2,071,899 |
| HAMILTON | $2,028,208 |
| WICKED | $1,859,038 |
| ALADDIN | $1,581,642 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,343,083 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($256,649), THE FATHER ($298,505), FUN HOME ($331,268), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($360,867), FULLY COMMITTED ($370,369)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WICKED | $174,221 |
| HAMILTON | $173,219 |
| BLACKBIRD | $139,110 |
| AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | $119,097 |
| THE KING AND I | $101,035 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($-36,563), SHE LOVES ME ($-26,462), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($-24,270), FUN HOME ($-10,875), THE CRUCIBLE ($11,358)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $188.60 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $153.99 |
| THE LION KING | $152.66 |
| WICKED | $128.12 |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | $127.17 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
AN ACT OF GOD ($69.36), FINDING NEVERLAND ($72.62), FUN HOME ($73.39), FULLY COMMITTED ($73.94), ECLIPSED ($74.10)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 151.93% |
| WICKED | 104.45% |
| WAITRESS | 103.82% |
| THE LION KING | 101.15% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 97.56% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
AN ACT OF GOD (38.08%), FUN HOME (41.68%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (42.09%), THE FATHER (42.12%), FINDING NEVERLAND (46.66%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.3% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| WAITRESS | 100.9% |
| LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT | 100.2% |
| THE LION KING | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (59.5%), JERSEY BOYS (62.4%), KINKY BOOTS (63.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (66.7%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (67.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| BLACKBIRD | 1695 |
| FINDING NEVERLAND | 1325 |
| WICKED | 1240 |
| AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | 1225 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | 1100 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
AN ACT OF GOD (-899), PARAMOUR (-721), SHE LOVES ME (-718), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (-555), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-116)
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