INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/27

By: Jun. 27, 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 6/26/2016.

Many of this week's closing shows saw bumps, and WAITRESS just celebrated its best grossing week ever, beating its own record three weeks in a row at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, grossing $1,100,048 for the 8-performance week ending June 26th.

Prior to WAITRESS, the house 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 $2,113,062
HAMILTON $2,007,222
WICKED $1,969,159
ALADDIN $1,671,568
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,371,455


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($306,916), FUN HOME ($384,193), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($392,158), FULLY COMMITTED ($426,533), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($502,602)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE COLOR PURPLE $238,537
THE KING AND I $164,236
MATILDA $159,439
BRIGHT STAR $158,776
WICKED $150,787


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-158,744), AN ACT OF GOD ($-21,229), HAMILTON ($-19,616), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF ($-16,828), ON YOUR FEET! ($-4,320)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $187.03
THE BOOK OF MORMON $156.92
THE LION KING $155.72
WICKED $134.61
WAITRESS $130.40


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($72.54), FUN HOME ($73.46), FINDING NEVERLAND ($77.41), FULLY COMMITTED ($79.27), THE CRUCIBLE ($82.08)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

WICKED 110.64%
WAITRESS 107.9%
HAMILTON 103.3%
THE LION KING 100.31%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 99.62%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
AN ACT OF GOD (42.6%), FINDING NEVERLAND (44.82%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (45.74%), FUN HOME (48.33%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (50.72%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
HAMILTON 101.6%
WAITRESS 100.9%
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 100.7%
THE LION KING 100.0%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ON YOUR FEET! (63.2%), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (64.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (66.4%), JERSEY BOYS (68.2%), AN ACT OF GOD (68.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE COLOR PURPLE 1750
BRIGHT STAR 1247
LES MISERABLES 964
THE KING AND I 952
MATILDA 947


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SHE LOVES ME (-296), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-243), AN ACT OF GOD (-229), THE CRUCIBLE (-102), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-85)

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





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