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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/26 - Broadway Up $2.6 Million!

By: Dec. 26, 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, 12/23/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,129,609
WICKED $2,100,170
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,684,372
A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,491,488
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,471,237
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
PICNIC ($149,300), The Other Place ($149,652), DEAD ACCOUNTS ($243,154), GRACE ($284,889), WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf? ($286,937)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $349,935
THE LION KING $289,216
WICKED $234,076
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $221,090
MARY POPPINS $196,669
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ($-190,492), DEAD ACCOUNTS ($-94,391), JERSEY BOYS ($-62,460), THE HEIRESS ($-44,232), EVITA ($-35,427)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $192.46
THE LION KING $158.68
WICKED $156.43
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS $144.21
ONCE $128.42
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
PICNIC ($37.81), The Other Place ($41.45), GOLDEN BOY ($66.40), CHAPLIN ($66.77), THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ($70.86)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 129.55%
WICKED 124.93%
THE LION KING 109.76%
ONCE 99.93%
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 98.38%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
PICNIC (21.87%), DEAD ACCOUNTS (24.93%), The Other Place (26.47%), GRACE (30.79%), CHAPLIN (34.98%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
THE LION KING 100.0%
ONCE 98.5%
War Horse 97.0%
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS 96.7%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

DEAD ACCOUNTS (38.1%), GRACE (45.5%), THE HEIRESS (56.4%), WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf? (58.5%), CHAPLIN (58.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MARY POPPINS 1984
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1953
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 1870
MAMMA MIA! 1708
PICNIC 1263
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-1531), A CHRISTMAS STORY (-695), ELF (-603), ANNIE (-597), JERSEY BOYS (-515)

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









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