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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/11

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!

Having not yet set enough records, THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 35th time. The show earned $1,615,230.71 for the week ending Sunday, June 10, in the 1,068-seat O’Neill, one of Broadway’s smallest theatres.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/10/2012.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

WICKED	$1,990,184
THE LION KING	$1,847,364
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,615,231
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK	$1,489,655
EVITA	$1,387,065

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GODSPELL ($156,437), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($193,207), THE LYONS ($239,983), THE COLUMNIST ($267,428), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($299,235)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK	$246,695
WICKED	$188,051
Gore Vidal 'S THE BEST MAN	$154,956
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER	$116,549
VENUS IN FUR	$116,218

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARVEY ($-48,206), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT ($-32,627), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-13,851), GODSPELL ($-11,612), THE COLUMNIST ($-9,975)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

THE BOOK OF MORMON	$184.56
WICKED	$139.30
THE LION KING	$137.63
EVITA	$120.70
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK	$107.97

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($47.73), GODSPELL ($58.11), THE LYONS ($59.33), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($62.86), HARVEY ($64.14)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

THE BOOK OF MORMON	129.8%
WICKED	118.38%
THE LION KING	109.29%
NEWSIES	92.68%
ONCE	85.11%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GODSPELL (20.47%), THE LYONS (27.29%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (29.46%), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (29.62%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (33.45%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON	102.6%
NEWSIES	100.9%
THE LION KING	100.1%
ONCE	99.4%
WICKED	98.7%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

GODSPELL (45.8%), THE LYONS (46.9%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (48.0%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (50.9%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (55.6%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK	2190
Gore Vidal 'S THE BEST MAN	1318
VENUS IN FUR	1290
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER	1134
END OF THE RAINBOW	1010

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (-482), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-456), HARVEY (-452), GODSPELL (-339), THE COLUMNIST (-184)

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

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