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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/4; ONCE & SALESMAN Have Record Weeks

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!

ONCE, the 11 time Tony nominated musical just had its best box office week yet at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, grossing $827,501for the week ending June 3, 2012. The production has more award nominations than any other show this season and last night won 4 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical.

Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre for the eighth time in its final triumphant week of performances on Broadway. The production grossed an astonishing $1,066,582.41 with only seven performances for the week ending June 3, 2012. The limited engagement played its final performance on Saturday, June 2.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/3/2012.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

WICKED	$1,802,133
THE LION KING	$1,781,682
THE BOOK OF MORMON	$1,604,455
EVITA	$1,360,168
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK	$1,242,960

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GODSPELL ($168,049), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($189,832), THE LYONS ($207,654), OTHER DESERT CITIES ($260,834), THE COLUMNIST ($277,403)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

DEATH OF A SALESMAN	$52,169
HARVEY	$21,376
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER	$17,175
ONCE	$7,178
NEWSIES	$-1,847

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-263,732), EVITA ($-206,912), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ($-159,777), MARY POPPINS ($-154,252), Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN ($-135,236)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

THE BOOK OF MORMON	$183.32
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	$147.44
THE LION KING	$132.76
WICKED	$126.39
EVITA	$122.88

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($51.28), THE LYONS ($54.85), GODSPELL ($55.44), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ($61.15), THE COLUMNIST ($64.42)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

THE BOOK OF MORMON	128.93%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	114.77%
WICKED	107.2%
THE LION KING	105.41%
NEWSIES	90.59%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GODSPELL (21.99%), THE LYONS (23.61%), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (29.11%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (29.5%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (34.11%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON	102.6%
NEWSIES	101.1%
THE LION KING	100.0%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	99.8%
WICKED	98.5%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE LYONS (43.9%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (51.1%), GODSPELL (51.5%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (51.5%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (52.4%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

HARVEY	68
ONCE	33
DEATH OF A SALESMAN	23
ANYTHING GOES	8
THE LION KING	1

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MARY POPPINS (-2270), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-2037), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-1623), SISTER ACT (-1563), GHOST (-1516)

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

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