INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/29

By: Aug. 29, 2016
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 8/28/2016.

Of note, Cirque du Soleil's Paramour only performed five performances last week due to previously announced creative changes being implemented into the show. This week (today, August 29 - Sunday, September 4), Paramour will only perform seven performances. The show will return to the normal eight performance week starting Monday, September 5.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,054,058
THE LION KING $1,933,277
ALADDIN $1,474,318
WICKED $1,458,862
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,239,369


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AN ACT OF GOD ($346,584), FUN HOME ($408,655), JERSEY BOYS ($484,471), THE HUMANS ($517,072), CHICAGO ($519,960)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $61,505
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $58,219
AN ACT OF GOD $46,358
BEAUTIFUL $41,683
LES MISERABLES $40,244


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PARAMOUR ($-383,339), CATS ($-187,673), WICKED ($-116,743), THE LION KING ($-114,732), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-94,865)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $191.02
THE LION KING $143.70
THE BOOK OF MORMON $142.95
WICKED $121.98
WAITRESS $113.66


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($73.31), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($74.95), THE HUMANS ($75.48), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF ($75.66), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($76.13)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

THE LION KING 105.91%
HAMILTON 105.71%
LES MISERABLES 92.12%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 92.08%
ALADDIN 89.68%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (39.33%), JERSEY BOYS (42.09%), AN ACT OF GOD (42.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (43.23%), ON YOUR FEET! (44.22%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.7%
LES MISERABLES 99.3%
THE LION KING 99.2%
ALADDIN 96.5%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
JERSEY BOYS (57.8%), ON YOUR FEET! (57.9%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (58.7%), KINKY BOOTS (63.5%), AN ACT OF GOD (68.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SOMETHING ROTTEN! 946
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 633
THE HUMANS 603
THE COLOR PURPLE 574
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME 567


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PARAMOUR (-4857), CATS (-1361), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-755), WICKED (-667), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-612)

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





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