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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/25

By: Apr. 25, 2016
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 4/24/2016.

Of note, Cirque du Soleil's PARAMOUR, which is now in previews at the Lyric Theatre grossed $1,018,941.65 this week. This gross is for six performances last week, compared to the traditional Broadway schedule of eight performances per week

Also, SHUFFLE ALONG grossed $809,032 for the week ending 4/24/16, down a bit from the week before, due to returns from three performances where Audra McDonald did not perform, due to illness.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE LION KING $1,995,760
HAMILTON $1,813,024
WICKED $1,660,014
ALADDIN $1,433,167
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,325,465


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
ECLIPSED ($233,636), DISASTER! ($247,941), THE FATHER ($258,848), TUCK EVERLASTING ($332,230), BRIGHT STAR ($357,812)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

PARAMOUR $828,168
HAMILTON $134,404
THE COLOR PURPLE $73,272
THE LION KING $56,251
WICKED $47,653


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE KING AND I ($-459,367), WAITRESS ($-190,719), ECLIPSED ($-70,048), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($-69,077), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-63,172)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $168.61
THE BOOK OF MORMON $152.25
THE LION KING $148.09
BEAUTIFUL $120.46
WICKED $120.20


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($43.59), FULLY COMMITTED ($61.47), DISASTER! ($62.06), ECLIPSED ($66.75), BRIGHT STAR ($67.16)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 135.81%
THE LION KING 96.3%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 96.28%
WICKED 93.27%
PARAMOUR 88.63%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
DISASTER! (22.36%), ECLIPSED (28.69%), TUCK EVERLASTING (32.35%), THE FATHER (36.52%), BRIGHT STAR (39.04%)


Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.1%
HAMILTON 101.8%
WAITRESS 100.7%
THE LION KING 99.3%
ALADDIN 98.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
DISASTER! (41.7%), ECLIPSED (54.6%), JERSEY BOYS (58.8%), KINKY BOOTS (61.2%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (61.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

PARAMOUR 8726
AMERICAN PSYCHO 1242
FULLY COMMITTED 797
SOMETHING ROTTEN! 573
THE COLOR PURPLE 554


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE KING AND I (-1296), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (-867), ECLIPSED (-838), THE FATHER (-733), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (-614)

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









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