| 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, 2/22/2015.
Of note, THE AUDIENCE reported a gross of $1,048,473.00 in its first full week of previews (a seven performance week) at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
| FISH IN THE DARK, the new comedy written by and starring Larry David, has broken yet another box office record during its third week of previews at the Cort Theatre.
The comedy, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, which had previously set the record for the highest advance sale for a straight play in the history of Broadway, has set the house record at the Cort Theatre with a gross of $1,177,593 (representing 101.58% of attendance and 117.06% of the week's gross potential), for the week ending February 22, the production's first 8-performance week. It tops the house record previously held by the Tony Award winning revival of August Wilson's Fences, which grossed $1,175,626 during the final week of its run in 2010.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING |
$1,940,457 |
| WICKED |
$1,646,631 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON |
$1,548,797 |
| ALADDIN |
$1,546,267 |
| FISH IN THE DARK |
$1,177,593 |
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ($293,584), DISGRACED ($333,065), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS ($337,003), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU ($403,767), A DELICATE BALANCE ($432,887) |
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CABARET ($-176,088), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS ($-154,143), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-99,705), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($-94,137), THE ELEPHANT MAN ($-90,713) |
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
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Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ON THE TOWN ($69.14), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ($69.36), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU ($72.44), DISGRACED ($72.63), HONEYMOON IN VEGAS ($75.29) |
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
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Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (29.07%), ON THE TOWN (29.97%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (41.59%), DISGRACED (42.83%), IF/THEN (46.81%) |
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
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| Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (47.7%), ON THE TOWN (51.8%), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (60.5%), DISGRACED (62.4%), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (64.9%)
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Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
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Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (-1616), IF/THEN (-881), THE ELEPHANT MAN (-752), CABARET (-562), IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-499) |
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