INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/20; Post Tonys Bump for WAITRESS & More

By: Jun. 20, 2016
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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 6/19/2016.

The new musical Waitress just celebrated the best grossing week ever and has beaten its own record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, grossing $1,084,775 for the 8-performance week ending June 19th.

Prior to Waitress, the record for an 8-performance week was held by The Odd Couple at $1,039,505 in 2006.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $2,106,410
HAMILTON $2,026,838
WICKED $1,818,372
ALADDIN $1,586,333
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,371,176


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
FUN HOME ($313,556), AN ACT OF GOD ($328,145), THE FATHER ($364,765), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($393,373), FULLY COMMITTED ($417,308)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF $117,877
ECLIPSED $93,961
THE KING AND I $92,239
SCHOOL OF ROCK $88,619
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT $82,603


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PARAMOUR ($-122,571), THE COLOR PURPLE ($-111,815), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($-103,722), FINDING NEVERLAND ($-96,941), MATILDA ($-80,193)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $188.51
THE BOOK OF MORMON $156.72
THE LION KING $155.21
WICKED $129.75
WAITRESS $129.03


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FUN HOME ($66.56), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($72.79), FINDING NEVERLAND ($75.24), THE FATHER ($77.48), BRIGHT STAR ($77.64)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 122.44%
WAITRESS 106.4%
WICKED 102.16%
THE LION KING 99.99%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 99.6%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FUN HOME (39.45%), AN ACT OF GOD (39.86%), FINDING NEVERLAND (40.09%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (45.88%), JERSEY BOYS (46.4%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
HAMILTON 101.7%
WAITRESS 100.6%
THE LION KING 100.0%
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 99.5%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (59.4%), JERSEY BOYS (60.7%), KINKY BOOTS (61.0%), ON YOUR FEET! (63.2%), AN ACT OF GOD (64.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1126
THE FATHER 738
SHE LOVES ME 709
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 700
THE KING AND I 672


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FINDING NEVERLAND (-1619), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-1280), PARAMOUR (-1028), THE COLOR PURPLE (-883), MATILDA (-700)

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


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