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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/24

By: Oct. 24, 2016
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 10/23/2016.

WAITRESS once again broke the Brooks Atkinson Theatre's box office record for a single performance with a gross of $158,952 this past Saturday night (October 22). The previous high was set by WAITRESS on the evening of Saturday, October 8, 2016. WAITRESS grossed $ 965,023 for the week ending October 23.

OH HELLO on BROADWAY has broken the Lyceum Theatre's Theatre's box office record for a single performance with a gross of $103,262 this past Saturday night (October 22). The previous record was held byMACBETH starring Patrick Stewart. OH HELLO on BROADWAY grossed $545,027 for the week ending October 23, its highest weekly gross to date.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $1,993,088
THE LION KING $1,971,896
WICKED $1,682,068
ALADDIN $1,469,578
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,368,426


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
BLACK TO THE FUTURE ($132,942), THE ENCOUNTER ($347,331), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($372,399), HEISENBERG ($429,489), FALSETTOS ($450,088)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HEISENBERG $132,401
PARAMOUR $117,965
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF $104,380
OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY $80,372
ON YOUR FEET! $66,019


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE FRONT PAGE ($-173,917), HAMILTON ($-170,767), CATS ($-60,980), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-56,409), BLACK TO THE FUTURE ($-38,942)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $185.70
THE BOOK OF MORMON $156.52
THE LION KING $146.22
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES $126.89
WAITRESS $125.04


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FALSETTOS ($65.95), THE CHERRY ORCHARD ($74.97), SOMETHING ROTTEN! ($78.66), MATILDA ($80.55), CHICAGO ($82.64)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

THE LION KING 105.14%
HAMILTON 102.57%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.67%
WAITRESS 96.4%
WICKED 94.51%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE ENCOUNTER (47.88%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (48.86%), HOLIDAY INN (48.9%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (52.17%), FALSETTOS (52.48%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
HAMILTON 101.6%
THE FRONT PAGE 101.4%
BEAUTIFUL 100.1%
THE LION KING 99.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE ENCOUNTER (65.8%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (67.7%), HOLIDAY INN (70.3%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (73.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (77.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

PARAMOUR 1389
ON YOUR FEET! 1188
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1179
KINKY BOOTS 682
JERSEY BOYS 426


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HOLIDAY INN (-875), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (-599), CATS (-374), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-348), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-317)

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






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