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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/11

By: May. 11, 2015
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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!

Amongst this week's news SOMETHING ROTTEN! celebrated its best week yet for the week ending Sunday, May 10 at the St. James Theatre with a weekly gross of $903,211.00

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 5/10/2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,701,798
WICKED $1,469,322
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,446,131
ALADDIN $1,422,347
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,298,817
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($175,953), ON THE TOWN ($202,745), THE VISIT ($208,078), HAND TO GOD ($400,886), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($409,488)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
IT'S ONLY A PLAY $110,070
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY $106,164
SOMETHING ROTTEN! $102,178
WICKED $81,866
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $78,586
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ON THE TOWN ($-298,895), THE LION KING ($-206,501), GIGI ($-116,315), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO ($-94,084), FINDING NEVERLAND ($-52,490)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $165.39
THE AUDIENCE $154.83
THE LION KING $148.24
BEAUTIFUL $143.39
FISH IN THE DARK $136.87
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ON THE TOWN ($45.82), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($48.77), THE VISIT ($52.57), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO ($62.66), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($68.01)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
FISH IN THE DARK 114.43%
THE AUDIENCE 110.42%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.97%
ALADDIN 99.69%
THE LION KING 94.05%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ON THE TOWN (23.43%), THE VISIT (27.28%), GIGI (32.28%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (35.92%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (41.32%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
FISH IN THE DARK 101.4%
FUN HOME 101.3%
THE AUDIENCE 100.7%
THE KING AND I 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (52.5%), THE VISIT (54.9%), GIGI (55.8%), ON THE TOWN (59.0%), JERSEY BOYS (65.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU 1172
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH 944
IT'S ONLY A PLAY 871
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 673
KINKY BOOTS 653
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON THE TOWN (-3519), THE LION KING (-1457), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (-995), FINDING NEVERLAND (-658), GIGI (-654)

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









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