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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/30

By: Jan. 30, 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!

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 26th time. The show earned $1,445,407 for the week ending Sunday, January 29, in the 1,068-seat O'Neill, one of Broadway's smallest theatres.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 1/29/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,503,461
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,445,407
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,417,922
THE LION KING $1,382,353
War Horse $959,199
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
WIT ($205,987), THE ROAD TO MECCA ($210,296), STICK FLY ($292,182), GODSPELL ($303,719), RELATIVELY SPEAKING ($338,355)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CHINGLISH $115,960
MEMPHIS $49,557
PORGY AND BESS $42,520
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER $39,609
THE ROAD TO MECCA $34,504
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING ($-636,945), THE LION KING ($-63,646), WICKED ($-30,650), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-29,400), SEMINAR ($-28,089)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $162.88
War Horse $113.19
WICKED $109.60
THE LION KING $109.37
JERSEY BOYS $98.81
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
WIT ($42.48), CHINGLISH ($54.81), STICK FLY ($55.35), THE ROAD TO MECCA ($56.36), RELATIVELY SPEAKING ($59.69)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 114.55%
War Horse 92.94%
WICKED 89.43%
THE LION KING 81.78%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 78.44%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SISTER ACT (30.92%), STICK FLY (32.33%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (32.85%), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (35.58%), WIT (36.16%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
War Horse 99.1%
PORGY AND BESS 96.0%
JERSEY BOYS 95.1%
WICKED 94.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

SISTER ACT (53.3%), STICK FLY (61.2%), THE ROAD TO MECCA (64.2%), RELATIVELY SPEAKING (65.9%), MAMMA MIA! (66.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CHINGLISH 2194
MEMPHIS 994
PORGY AND BESS 957
MARY POPPINS 800
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER 759
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (-1670), THE LION KING (-770), THE ROAD TO MECCA (-684), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-267), WICKED (-226)

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






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