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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/21; BETRAYAL Hits Another High

By: Oct. 21, 2013
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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!

BETRAYAL broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre for the third time in its third week of performances. For eight performances for the week ending Sunday, 10/20/13, BETRAYAL grossed $1,250,565, breaking its previous house record of $1,112,027 for seven performances for the week ending 10/13/13.

Also notable for the week, TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III grossed $468,429 with just six performances for the week, and averaged 97% of capacity with a $76.49 ticket price, which includes 250 $25 tickets at each performance.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 10/20/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,804,890
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,767,297
WICKED $1,719,816
KINKY BOOTS $1,669,794
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,464,583
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE WINSLOW BOY ($203,093), A TIME TO KILL ($250,779), THE SNOW GEESE ($280,700), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($397,767), ROCK OF AGES ($406,072)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BETRAYAL $138,538
A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin $44,697
THE SNOW GEESE $43,837
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $20,760
ROCK OF AGES $6,444
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-154,838), MATILDA ($-151,605), KINKY BOOTS ($-140,408), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-99,953), THE LION KING ($-80,164)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $201.93
BETRAYAL $148.45
KINKY BOOTS $145.43
THE LION KING $134.11
PIPPIN $120.72
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE WINSLOW BOY ($41.77), A TIME TO KILL ($44.32), THE SNOW GEESE ($57.45), FIRST DATE ($65.67), ANNIE ($77.15)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 127.05%
BETRAYAL 117.5%
KINKY BOOTS 111.24%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 103.35%
WICKED 102.3%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE WINSLOW BOY (29.95%), A TIME TO KILL (34.02%), ROMEO AND JULIET (35.87%), THE SNOW GEESE (47.42%), FIRST DATE (47.89%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 101.2%
KINKY BOOTS 100.8%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 100.6%
PIPPIN 100.1%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ROMEO AND JULIET (53.3%), CINDERELLA (69.7%), FIRST DATE (73.2%), ANNIE (80.7%), THE WINSLOW BOY (82.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BETRAYAL 1053
THE SNOW GEESE 856
THE WINSLOW BOY 630
ROCK OF AGES 374
JERSEY BOYS 249
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MATILDA (-726), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-542), ONCE (-476), BIG FISH (-412), CHICAGO (-300)

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






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