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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/17

By: Jan. 17, 2012
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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, 1/15/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,792,976
THE LION KING $1,589,980
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,436,957
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,416,189
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING $1,331,505
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE ROAD TO MECCA ($204,837), WIT ($208,017), CHINGLISH ($222,233), STICK FLY ($303,386), GODSPELL ($327,445)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FOLLIES $130,382
WIT $86,204
THE MOUNTAINTOP $81,411
STICK FLY $51,674
THE ROAD TO MECCA $50,478
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAR HORSE ($-385,819), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-284,777), THE LION KING ($-282,450), MARY POPPINS ($-255,944), AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN ($-163,732)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $161.81
WICKED $123.93
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING $119.90
THE LION KING $118.49
WAR HORSE $114.82
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE ROAD TO MECCA ($44.48), WIT ($49.16), STICK FLY ($56.86), RELATIVELY SPEAKING ($59.47), CHINGLISH ($63.08)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 113.8%
WICKED 106.65%
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING 95.54%
WAR HORSE 94.15%
THE LION KING 94.07%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
CHINGLISH (25.92%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (31.99%), WIT (36.83%), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (37.8%), STICK FLY (38.15%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
WAR HORSE 100.0%
THE LION KING 100.0%
WICKED 100.0%
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING 97.5%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

CHINGLISH (40.9%), STICK FLY (61.8%), SISTER ACT (62.3%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (66.5%), AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN (66.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FOLLIES 1934
WIT 1705
THE ROAD TO MECCA 1384
PORGY AND BESS 800
STICK FLY 674
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WAR HORSE (-3207), MARY POPPINS (-2556), AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN (-1041), CHICAGO (-1029), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-856)

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






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