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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/22

By: Dec. 22, 2014
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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, 12/21/2014.

The Elephant Man, starring two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Patricia Clarkson, and Alessandro Nivola, has broken the Booth Theatre box office record again, grossing $973,202 for the week ending December 21, 2014. Bernard Pomerance's Tony Award-winning play, directed by six-time Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis, opened to glowing reviews on Sunday, December 7, 2014. The limited engagement has been extended to February 22, 2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,200,409
WICKED $1,986,719
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,862,009
ALADDIN $1,607,102
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $1,408,914
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS ($321,524), THIS IS OUR YOUTH ($322,733), DISGRACED ($332,589), ROCK OF AGES ($400,950), THE REAL THING ($445,978)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING $275,346
WICKED $240,682
THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE $226,693
MATILDA $177,195
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $168,517
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
KINKY BOOTS ($-169,628), A DELICATE BALANCE ($-148,148), BEAUTIFUL ($-118,680), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL ($-93,066), DISGRACED ($-82,430)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $212.95
THE LION KING $170.47
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $168.83
BEAUTIFUL $161.00
THE ELEPHANT MAN $158.81
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS ($50.69), THIS IS OUR YOUTH ($52.71), SIDE SHOW ($68.41), CINDERELLA ($80.45), CHICAGO ($80.60)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 133.86%
WICKED 118.18%
ALADDIN 111.91%
IT'S ONLY A PLAY 106.02%
THE ELEPHANT MAN 103.88%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (28.52%), ON THE TOWN (39.85%), THIS IS OUR YOUTH (40.64%), IF/THEN (40.71%), DISGRACED (42.77%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
CABARET 100.2%
ALADDIN 99.6%
THE RIVER 99.4%
THE ELEPHANT MAN 99.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

DISGRACED (52.7%), ON THE TOWN (57.2%), IF/THEN (61.8%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (62.7%), MAMMA MIA! (66.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE 2338
CINDERELLA 1746
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1179
LES MISERABLES 1057
SIDE SHOW 1045
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
DISGRACED (-968), A DELICATE BALANCE (-906), KINKY BOOTS (-805), ON THE TOWN (-789), MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (-627)

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






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