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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/7

By: Nov. 07, 2011
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Welcome to the latest 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, 11/6/2011.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record of Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre for the 21st time. The show earned $1,370,276.50 for the week ending Sunday, November 6, 2011 in the 1,068-seat O'Neill, one of Broadway's smallest theatres.

Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway grossed $1,173,785 during last week's seven performance week, and opens this Thursday November 10 for a limited engagement through January 1 2012. He also broke The Broadhurst Theatre box office record last week with a gross of $1,210,974.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $1,579,280
WICKED $1,535,611
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,419,223
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,370,277
Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY $1,173,785
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
VENUS IN FUR ($266,414), CHINGLISH ($294,161), MAN AND BOY ($298,913), SEMINAR ($308,019), GODSPELL ($310,908)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SEMINAR $164,169
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $48,650
GODSPELL $45,992
THE LION KING $41,360
THE BOOK OF MORMON $19,108
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MAMMA MIA! ($-182,396), WICKED ($-93,934), CHICAGO ($-75,592), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-72,794), THE ADDAMS FAMILY ($-58,052)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

THE BOOK OF MORMON $156.57
Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY $149.41
THE LION KING $117.65
WAR HORSE $114.08
WICKED $110.95
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GODSPELL ($54.38), VENUS IN FUR ($56.67), SEMINAR ($61.51), CHINGLISH ($62.24), MAN AND BOY ($63.41)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

THE BOOK OF MORMON 109.62%
Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY 108.8%
THE LION KING 93.43%
WAR HORSE 92.75%
WICKED 91.34%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
CHINGLISH (33.73%), THE ADDAMS FAMILY (41.86%), SISTER ACT (42.09%), GODSPELL (42.56%), MARY POPPINS (44.87%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE LION KING 100.1%
OTHER DESERT CITIES 99.6%
WAR HORSE 98.1%
GODSPELL 97.2%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

CHINGLISH (54.9%), MARY POPPINS (58.2%), FOLLIES (63.8%), MAMMA MIA! (65.8%), THE ADDAMS FAMILY (65.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SEMINAR 3004
VENUS IN FUR 610
GODSPELL 570
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 300
BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL 240
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MAMMA MIA! (-2082), CHINGLISH (-1535), Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY (-993), CHICAGO (-838), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-585)

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






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