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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/4

By: Nov. 04, 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, 11/3/2013.

BETRAYAL broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre for the fourth time. For the week ending Sunday, 11/3/13, BETRAYAL grossed $1,277,952, breaking its previous house record of $1,250,565 for the week ending 10/20/13.

And, for those tracking TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III, the production grossed a strong $590,841 for the week, with press comps at four of eight performances (and double the usual number due to the two plays running in repertory).


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,736,957
THE LION KING $1,699,647
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,699,199
KINKY BOOTS $1,625,209
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,288,507
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
A TIME TO KILL ($215,431), THE WINSLOW BOY ($223,088), THE SNOW GEESE ($258,152), FIRST DATE ($281,538), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($308,207)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT $354,311
MACBETH $193,196
BETRAYAL $174,270
WICKED $43,402
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $12,292
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NEWSIES ($-159,269), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL ($-137,395), PIPPIN ($-125,030), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-124,276), ANNIE ($-120,815)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $194.15
BETRAYAL $151.70
KINKY BOOTS $142.04
THE LION KING $130.86
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $120.35
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
AFTER MIDNIGHT ($46.50), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($56.22), A TIME TO KILL ($60.62), FIRST DATE ($60.64), THE SNOW GEESE ($62.72)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 122.16%
BETRAYAL 115.06%
KINKY BOOTS 108.27%
WICKED 103.32%
THE LION KING 97.61%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ROMEO AND JULIET (26.54%), A TIME TO KILL (31.04%), FIRST DATE (32.77%), THE WINSLOW BOY (32.9%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (34.54%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
KINKY BOOTS 100.4%
WICKED 100.3%
BETRAYAL 100.0%
AFTER MIDNIGHT 98.4%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ROMEO AND JULIET (45.9%), FIRST DATE (54.3%), A TIME TO KILL (55.4%), THE WINSLOW BOY (58.6%), CINDERELLA (62.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT 4741
MACBETH 3364
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 589
AFTER MIDNIGHT 467
ROMEO AND JULIET 465
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANNIE (-1629), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1252), CHICAGO (-1091), BIG FISH (-1089), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL (-985)

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









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