INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/2

By: Apr. 02, 2012
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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!

FYI: Death of a Salesman played four performances for the week ending 4/1/12. Performances on Friday, March 30 and matinee and evening performances on Saturday, March 31 were cancelled so actor Andrew Garfield could honor promotional commitments to The Amazing Spider-Man. Death of a Salesman resumes its seven performance a week schedule this week.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 4/1/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,843,641
WICKED $1,841,661
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,519,872
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,485,024
EVITA $1,424,700
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MAGIC/BIRD ($102,073), OTHER DESERT CITIES ($240,862), END OF THE RAINBOW ($257,090), GODSPELL ($313,431), VENUS IN FUR ($316,010)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SISTER ACT $152,671
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR $118,222
THE LION KING $101,588
MAMMA MIA! $84,478
MARY POPPINS $55,236
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
DEATH OF A SALESMAN ($-320,385), Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN ($-101,395), OTHER DESERT CITIES ($-78,040), PORGY AND BESS ($-65,495), NEWSIES ($-65,200)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $169.68
THE LION KING $137.38
WICKED $131.53
EVITA $119.36
DEATH OF A SALESMAN $110.58
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
MAGIC/BIRD ($29.31), END OF THE RAINBOW ($43.72), GHOST ($67.02), SISTER ACT ($70.00), GODSPELL ($70.02)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 119.33%
WICKED 109.55%
THE LION KING 109.07%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 95.62%
EVITA 88.7%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
MAGIC/BIRD (13.46%), END OF THE RAINBOW (31.38%), OTHER DESERT CITIES (35.56%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (37.79%), GODSPELL (41.01%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
NEWSIES 100.5%
THE LION KING 100.0%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 99.9%
WICKED 96.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

MAGIC/BIRD (46.2%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (53.4%), OTHER DESERT CITIES (55.8%), PORGY AND BESS (63.4%), VENUS IN FUR (67.3%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SISTER ACT 1978
NEWSIES 1227
MAMMA MIA! 899
EVITA 453
SEMINAR 400
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-3098), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (-1606), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (-620), PORGY AND BESS (-584), ONCE (-424)

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