INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/16
By: BWW Special Coverage May. 16, 2016
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 5/15/2016.
Tony Award Best Musical nominee WAITRESS continued to serve up strong numbers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre playing its best week yet. For the week ending May 15, the musical grossed $981,313 with sold-out houses, up from $960,477 the prior week.
Also sold out for the week amongst the new shows, SHUFFLE ALONG. And of note this week, THE LION KING only played 7 shows, due to ESPN buying out the theatre for their upfronts on Sunday.
Top 5 by This Week Gross| HAMILTON | $1,686,168 |
| THE LION KING | $1,651,070 |
| WICKED | $1,478,453 |
| ALADDIN | $1,377,960 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,341,902 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
ECLIPSED ($291,497), THE FATHER ($304,078), TUCK EVERLASTING ($326,097), FUN HOME ($385,207), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($388,809)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SOMETHING ROTTEN! | $79,718 |
| BRIGHT STAR | $60,696 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $56,567 |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | $54,546 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $53,915 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
PARAMOUR ($-610,975), THE COLOR PURPLE ($-362,800), THE LION KING ($-356,668), HAMILTON ($-147,305), MATILDA ($-83,870)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $157.06 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $153.69 |
| THE LION KING | $145.03 |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | $122.37 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $121.61 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($58.76), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($73.96), MATILDA ($74.01), BRIGHT STAR ($74.28), PARAMOUR ($75.22)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 126.31% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 97.48% |
| WAITRESS | 96.26% |
| THE LION KING | 91.69% |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | 87.83% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TUCK EVERLASTING (29.31%), FINDING NEVERLAND (32.18%), ECLIPSED (36.97%), THE FATHER (42.91%), MATILDA (44.58%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.4% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | 101.5% |
| WAITRESS | 101.1% |
| LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT | 97.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FINDING NEVERLAND (51.7%), TUCK EVERLASTING (59.8%), ECLIPSED (60.1%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (60.2%), JERSEY BOYS (61.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | 972 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 750 |
| BRIGHT STAR | 706 |
| SOMETHING ROTTEN! | 532 |
| THE FATHER | 467 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PARAMOUR (-5274), THE LION KING (-2105), THE COLOR PURPLE (-1354), MATILDA (-700), FINDING NEVERLAND (-682)
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