INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/31; Broadway Dips, ON THE TOWN Boost

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, 8/30/2015.

Broadway dipped this week, but ON THE TOWN with Misty Copeland shot up, more than doubling its previous week!

Top 5 by This Week Gross THE LION KING $1,835,217 ALADDIN $1,582,804 HAMILTON $1,548,928 WICKED $1,492,152 THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,420,003

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross HAND TO GOD ($245,469), AMAZING GRACE ($286,912), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($394,709), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($475,706), CHICAGO ($508,839)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross ON THE TOWN $519,055 HAMILTON $92,175 BEAUTIFUL $15,043 LES MISERABLES $13,291 MAMMA MIA! $-1,252

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross WICKED ($-259,822), THE LION KING ($-150,973), ALADDIN ($-137,591), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-121,758), THE KING AND I ($-106,006)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price THE BOOK OF MORMON $163.69 HAMILTON $144.62 THE LION KING $143.62 THE KING AND I $128.18 WICKED $120.98

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price AMAZING GRACE ($59.37), HAND TO GOD ($67.77), ON THE TOWN ($76.55), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($77.30), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($77.59)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential HAMILTON 116.03% THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.15% THE LION KING 95.33% FUN HOME 88.06% ALADDIN 86.59%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential AMAZING GRACE (26.13%), HAND TO GOD (39.4%), JERSEY BOYS (45.99%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (49.61%), ON THE TOWN (51.08%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.7% HAMILTON 101.3% MAMMA MIA! 99.5% FUN HOME 99.0% ALADDIN 97.6%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats AMAZING GRACE (52.0%), HAND TO GOD (58.6%), JERSEY BOYS (61.1%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (72.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (72.2%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week ON THE TOWN 4124 BEAUTIFUL 218 HAND TO GOD 55 HAMILTON 2

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week WICKED (-1578), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1119), MATILDA (-811), THE LION KING (-798), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-583)

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