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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/30; DEATH OF A SALESMAN Breaks Another Record

By: Apr. 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!

Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN broke the house record of the Barrymore Theatre for the fifth time, grossing $901,017.50 over seven performances for the week ending April 29, 2012. The strictly limited engagement opened on March 15, 2012.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 4/29/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,761,855
WICKED $1,742,571
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,603,228
EVITA $1,515,746
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,371,737
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SEMINAR ($134,207), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($177,606), THE LYONS ($198,432), MAGIC/BIRD ($211,639), LEAP OF FAITH ($224,539)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
GHOST $138,067
CLYBOURNE PARK $91,071
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS $85,906
MAMMA MIA! $70,518
THE LYONS $68,578
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ($-100,194), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-71,036), MEMPHIS ($-64,998), WICKED ($-58,378), War Horse ($-56,889)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $183.18
THE LION KING $132.48
WICKED $127.70
EVITA $125.41
DEATH OF A SALESMAN $124.97
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LEAP OF FAITH ($24.08), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($35.81), SEMINAR ($36.71), THE LYONS ($38.31), MAGIC/BIRD ($46.54)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 128.83%
THE LION KING 104.24%
WICKED 103.65%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 96.92%
EVITA 90.93%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
LEAP OF FAITH (17.07%), SEMINAR (19.44%), THE LYONS (22.56%), MAGIC/BIRD (24.42%), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (27.23%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
DEATH OF A SALESMAN 99.4%
THE LION KING 99.1%
Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN 98.5%
NEWSIES 98.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

MAGIC/BIRD (52.8%), HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (52.9%), SEMINAR (56.8%), VENUS IN FUR (57.7%), END OF THE RAINBOW (57.9%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
GHOST 1541
SISTER ACT 752
MAMMA MIA! 699
VENUS IN FUR 697
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 692
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (-1649), THE LYONS (-993), MEMPHIS (-974), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-910), HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (-728)

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






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