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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/28

By: Oct. 28, 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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 10/27/2013.

Amongst this week's notable jumps, TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III went from 6 performances to 8, adding more than $200,000 to its overal grosses (up to $669,391) while still selling 250 seats for $25 at every show.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,798,361
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,733,532
WICKED $1,693,555
KINKY BOOTS $1,651,626
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,425,902
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE WINSLOW BOY ($230,058), A TIME TO KILL ($247,168), THE SNOW GEESE ($251,343), FIRST DATE ($352,833), ROMEO AND JULIET ($363,076)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III $200,913
AFTER MIDNIGHT $195,309
A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin $35,374
THE WINSLOW BOY $26,965
THE GLASS MENAGERIE $12,406
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BETRAYAL ($-146,883), MATILDA ($-102,461), JERSEY BOYS ($-98,338), BIG FISH ($-90,172), ROMEO AND JULIET ($-84,877)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $198.07
KINKY BOOTS $144.01
THE LION KING $132.50
BETRAYAL $131.02
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $121.97
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SNOW GEESE ($51.59), AFTER MIDNIGHT ($57.34), THE WINSLOW BOY ($59.97), A TIME TO KILL ($61.64), FIRST DATE ($66.28)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 124.63%
KINKY BOOTS 110.03%
THE LION KING 106.94%
BETRAYAL 102.84%
WICKED 100.74%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ROMEO AND JULIET (29.08%), THE WINSLOW BOY (33.92%), A TIME TO KILL (35.62%), FIRST DATE (41.07%), CINDERELLA (44.32%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 101.3%
KINKY BOOTS 100.7%
BETRAYAL 100.0%
THE LION KING 99.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ROMEO AND JULIET (41.5%), FIRST DATE (62.2%), A TIME TO KILL (62.5%), THE WINSLOW BOY (64.8%), CINDERELLA (66.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
AFTER MIDNIGHT 4551
TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III 2014
MATILDA 544
A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin 163
THE LION KING 115
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
A TIME TO KILL (-1649), ROMEO AND JULIET (-1237), THE WINSLOW BOY (-1026), FIRST DATE (-941), BIG FISH (-830)

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






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