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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/7

By: Nov. 07, 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 11/6/2016.

In its first week of previews, the Robert De Niro/Jerry Zaks-helmed new musical grossed a very decent $324,821 (on 3 performances) at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, playing to over 90% capacity.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,227,546
THE LION KING $1,834,961
WICKED $1,435,835
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,292,274
ALADDIN $1,290,024


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE ENCOUNTER ($246,547), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($309,722), HEISENBERG ($419,734), HOLIDAY INN ($445,157), OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY ($485,191)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

FALSETTOS $107,665
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES $82,440
MATILDA $67,060
SOMETHING ROTTEN! $53,839
SCHOOL OF ROCK $47,159


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PARAMOUR ($-120,514), CATS ($-97,735), THE COLOR PURPLE ($-85,846), CHICAGO ($-75,050), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-63,274)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $207.56
THE BOOK OF MORMON $148.61
THE LION KING $139.27
THE FRONT PAGE $134.04
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES $120.87


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE ENCOUNTER ($66.44), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($72.60), MATILDA ($77.29), SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($78.42), HOLIDAY INN ($80.28)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 114.64%
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 104.23%
THE LION KING 97.84%
THE FRONT PAGE 96.21%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 96.01%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE ENCOUNTER (35.44%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (39.04%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (39.77%), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (43.79%), HOLIDAY INN (45.95%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.0%
HAMILTON 101.6%
THE FRONT PAGE 101.5%
THE LION KING 97.1%
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 94.9%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (53.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (55.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (58.1%), THE ENCOUNTER (61.4%), CATS (67.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SOMETHING ROTTEN! 839
MATILDA 570
HOLIDAY INN 363
SCHOOL OF ROCK 358
KINKY BOOTS 236


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PARAMOUR (-1456), CATS (-1013), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-837), CHICAGO (-729), WICKED (-685)

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






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