INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/19; MATILDA & KINKY BOOTS Break Another Record

By: Aug. 19, 2013
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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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 8/18/2013.

For the second consecutive week, the Tony Award-winning hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL had its best week ever on Broadway, once again breaking the house record at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street) and grossing $1,329,084 over eight performances for the week ending August 18, 2013.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has set another new box office record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, for the sixth time since the week ending June 16, 2013. Kinky Boots' gross for the week ending August 18, 2013 was $1,649,031.00, the highest for any eight-show week at the Hirschfeld Theatre.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,112,788
WICKED $1,871,050
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,741,615
KINKY BOOTS $1,649,031
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,437,843
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SOUL DOCTOR ($200,673), FOREVER TANGO ($282,884), LET IT BE ($316,572), ROCK OF AGES ($384,217), FIRST DATE ($424,227)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
KINKY BOOTS $16,120
MATILDA $15,700
FIRST DATE $8,096
SOUL DOCTOR $3,516
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE $-1,253
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-182,231), CINDERELLA ($-111,003), FOREVER TANGO ($-101,523), ANNIE ($-100,742), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-81,376)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $199.00
THE LION KING $176.45
KINKY BOOTS $143.64
WICKED $134.80
PIPPIN $129.20
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SOUL DOCTOR ($40.47), FOREVER TANGO ($58.86), LET IT BE ($59.41), FIRST DATE ($61.65), ANNIE ($80.87)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 125.21%
WICKED 111.3%
KINKY BOOTS 109.86%
MATILDA 104.26%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 101.46%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
LET IT BE (24.34%), SOUL DOCTOR (27.78%), FOREVER TANGO (31.97%), FIRST DATE (48.91%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (49.56%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
KINKY BOOTS 100.8%
MATILDA 100.8%
PIPPIN 100.0%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 99.4%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

LET IT BE (39.6%), FOREVER TANGO (64.7%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (67.2%), CINDERELLA (72.9%), ANNIE (73.0%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SOUL DOCTOR 134
ONCE 50
MATILDA 4
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1734), THE LION KING (-1631), CINDERELLA (-1262), ANNIE (-1058), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-961)

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


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