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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/18

By: Feb. 18, 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, 2/16/2014.

The Shakespeare's Globe repertory productions of William Shakespeare'sTWELFTH NIGHT and RICHARD III broke the house record of Broadway's Belasco Theatre for the seventh time in their final week on Broadway. The productions, which opened Sunday, November 10 to ecstatic and universal critical praise, grossed $946,432 for the week ending 2/16/14, breaking the house record of $914,365.50 the productions had set for the week ending 2/9/14. Twelfth Night andRichard III sold 250 seats a performance for $25 - a total of 2000 seats a week in the orchestra, mezzanine, balcony, boxes and on stage - making the house record figure especially noteworthy. Over 31,000 $25 tickets were sold throughout the run.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,803,846
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,705,114
THE LION KING $1,570,787
KINKY BOOTS $1,431,140
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,197,720
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
BRONX BOMBERS ($177,559), MACHINAL ($216,017), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY ($348,594), OUTSIDE MULLINGAR ($362,896), ROCK OF AGES ($369,131)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $310,125
CINDERELLA $263,507
MATILDA $220,225
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $192,640
CHICAGO $177,196
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY ($-28,530), AFTER MIDNIGHT ($-28,078), MACHINAL ($678), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($19,139), TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III ($30,722)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $194.83
KINKY BOOTS $139.72
WICKED $130.62
BEAUTIFUL $120.30
THE LION KING $118.07
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BRONX BOMBERS ($46.19), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY ($54.26), MACHINAL ($57.41), OUTSIDE MULLINGAR ($73.82), MAMMA MIA! ($79.74)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 118.2%
WICKED 107.3%
TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III 106.08%
KINKY BOOTS 91.91%
MATILDA 89.06%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
BRONX BOMBERS (24.22%), MACHINAL (32.48%), THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (35.36%), MAMMA MIA! (49.13%), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (52.87%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III 102.1%
THE LION KING 97.8%
WICKED 95.4%
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR 94.5%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

BRONX BOMBERS (62.6%), MACHINAL (64.7%), JERSEY BOYS (66.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (71.4%), CHICAGO (73.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CINDERELLA 2447
CHICAGO 1232
NEWSIES 1213
MAMMA MIA! 1176
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 1113
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
AFTER MIDNIGHT (-556), BRONX BOMBERS (-417), KINKY BOOTS (-364), ONCE (-185), WICKED (-182)

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






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