INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/22; SKYLIGHT Goes Out with a Bang!

By: Jun. 22, 2015
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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!

David Hare's SKYLIGHT, winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, has set a new house record at the Golden Theatre box office grossing $927,539.38 (representing 100% of attendance and 105.96% of the week's gross potential) for the week ending June 21, the final week of the production's limited engagement run. It breaks the house record set this past October by the revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, which grossed $884, 596.00 during its first week of previews.


Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/21/2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,154,719
WICKED $1,947,674
ALADDIN $1,625,997
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,517,932
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,440,627
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($344,196), HAND TO GOD ($415,154), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO ($467,890), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($479,292), ON THE TOWN ($558,807)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
GIGI $110,365
SKYLIGHT $62,193
THE LION KING $51,971
THE KING AND I $45,308
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $40,809
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO ($-114,082), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($-58,885), FINDING NEVERLAND ($-40,770), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ($-27,254), MATILDA ($-14,220)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $173.44
THE AUDIENCE $158.48
THE LION KING $158.44
SKYLIGHT $144.57
THE KING AND I $139.70
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ON THE TOWN ($61.29), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($64.34), GIGI ($75.98), LES MISERABLES ($77.12), CHICAGO ($84.20)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE AUDIENCE 114.11%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 109.13%
SKYLIGHT 108.09%
WICKED 104.94%
ALADDIN 99.79%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ON THE TOWN (31.22%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (34.73%), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (41.97%), GIGI (46.01%), LES MISERABLES (54.05%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FUN HOME 103.5%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE AUDIENCE 101.7%
ALADDIN 100.1%
SKYLIGHT 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (44.5%), ON THE TOWN (60.8%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (66.1%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (71.3%), JERSEY BOYS (71.8%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
GIGI 1665
ON THE TOWN 758
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 419
LES MISERABLES 390
AN ACT OF GOD 267
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (-1055), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-801), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-238), FINDING NEVERLAND (-217), MAMMA MIA! (-149)

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





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