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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/7; BETRAYAL Breaks Records Out of the Gate

By: Oct. 07, 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, 10/6/2013.

BETRAYAL broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre in its first week of performances. For seven performances for the week ending Sunday, 10/6/13, BETRAYAL grossed $1,100,818, breaking the record set by DEATH OF A SALESMAN, which had grossed $1,066,582.41, for the week ending 6/2/12.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,760,259
THE LION KING $1,722,720
KINKY BOOTS $1,629,721
WICKED $1,543,608
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,394,785
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SOUL DOCTOR ($111,912), THE WINSLOW BOY ($169,325), A TIME TO KILL ($215,552), A NIGHT WITH Janis Joplin ($281,871), FIRST DATE ($324,767)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
A TIME TO KILL $160,600
THE GLASS MENAGERIE $130,368
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL $106,520
WICKED $75,834
THE BOOK OF MORMON $61,055
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BIG FISH ($-93,172), ROMEO AND JULIET ($-84,189), SOUL DOCTOR ($-22,115), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($1,703), THE WINSLOW BOY ($2,848)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $201.13
KINKY BOOTS $142.10
THE LION KING $129.65
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $119.93
PIPPIN $117.94
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SOUL DOCTOR ($29.08), THE WINSLOW BOY ($47.95), A TIME TO KILL ($56.96), FIRST DATE ($60.03), BIG FISH ($61.68)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 126.55%
KINKY BOOTS 108.57%
THE LION KING 99.79%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 98.43%
WICKED 91.82%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SOUL DOCTOR (15.63%), THE WINSLOW BOY (24.97%), ROMEO AND JULIET (29.37%), A TIME TO KILL (33.41%), FIRST DATE (37.81%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
KINKY BOOTS 100.7%
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 99.0%
MATILDA 98.2%
THE LION KING 97.7%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ROMEO AND JULIET (48.4%), CINDERELLA (55.8%), ANNIE (56.2%), THE WINSLOW BOY (59.6%), FIRST DATE (63.3%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
A TIME TO KILL 3008
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL 705
FIRST DATE 676
SOUL DOCTOR 604
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 442
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ROMEO AND JULIET (-922), THE LION KING (-299), PIPPIN (-182), THE WINSLOW BOY (-133), NEWSIES (-49)

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






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