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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/20; IT'S ONLY A PLAY Breaks Records

By: Oct. 20, 2014
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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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 10/19/2014.

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Producers Tom Kirdahy, Roy Furman, and Ken Davenport announced today that the star-studded Broadway production of the backstage comedy It's Only a Play has set the all-time box office record at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). It's Only a Play's gross for the week ending October 19, 2014 was $1,375,481.00 in the 1083 seat theatre, the highest for any eight-show week at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Prior to It's Only a Play, A Steady Rain starring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig held the house record ($1,292,210.00) set in December 2009.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,895,200
WICKED $1,680,849
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,651,464
ALADDIN $1,438,023
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $1,375,481
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE COUNTRY HOUSE ($253,441), LOVE LETTERS ($319,810), DISGRACED ($352,737), ROCK OF AGES ($369,767), THIS IS OUR YOUTH ($409,597)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $201,584
ON THE TOWN $87,877
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $78,309
THE LAST SHIP $34,430
DISGRACED $33,252
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ALADDIN ($-176,405), THE LION KING ($-155,070), MATILDA ($-151,064), WICKED ($-125,326), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($-118,386)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $188.70
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $159.02
BEAUTIFUL $158.23
THE LION KING $141.29
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER $125.75
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ON THE TOWN ($53.26), DISGRACED ($58.77), THE COUNTRY HOUSE ($64.44), THIS IS OUR YOUTH ($70.67), THE LAST SHIP ($72.81)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 118.73%
ALADDIN 106.76%
IT'S ONLY A PLAY 104.34%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 103.15%
BEAUTIFUL 101.89%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
LOVE LETTERS (36.04%), ON THE TOWN (39.24%), THE COUNTRY HOUSE (42.81%), DISGRACED (45.62%), THE LAST SHIP (47.35%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
IT'S ONLY A PLAY 101.1%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 100.9%
BEAUTIFUL 100.8%
ALADDIN 99.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

LOVE LETTERS (51.2%), CINDERELLA (59.9%), ONCE (60.9%), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (68.3%), IF/THEN (74.3%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON THE TOWN 1836
DISGRACED 865
THE LAST SHIP 540
THIS IS OUR YOUTH 418
LES MISERABLES 413
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CINDERELLA (-1553), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-1024), MAMMA MIA! (-767), IF/THEN (-698), JERSEY BOYS (-609)

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









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