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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/18

By: May. 18, 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!

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 5/17/2015.

Of note, Tony Award Best Musical nominee Something Rotten! celebrated its best week yet for the week ending Sunday, May 17 at the St. James Theatre with a weekly gross of $956,943.00


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,966,567
WICKED $1,601,725
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,534,408
ALADDIN $1,467,090
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,280,111
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($180,476), THE VISIT ($211,430), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($418,416), HAND TO GOD ($427,117), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($448,280)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ON THE TOWN $412,136
THE LION KING $264,769
AN ACT OF GOD $260,979
WICKED $132,403
WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO $103,691
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
IT'S ONLY A PLAY ($-54,361), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($-18,706), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ($-13,283), THE VISIT ($3,352), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($4,523)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $175.50
THE AUDIENCE $157.67
THE LION KING $145.59
BEAUTIFUL $140.93
FISH IN THE DARK $138.57
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($50.26), THE VISIT ($53.11), ON THE TOWN ($63.03), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($67.15), GIGI ($67.64)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
FISH IN THE DARK 116.09%
THE AUDIENCE 113.0%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 110.31%
THE LION KING 99.12%
ALADDIN 99.05%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE VISIT (27.72%), ON THE TOWN (34.35%), GIGI (36.71%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (36.84%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (42.22%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
FUN HOME 102.5%
FISH IN THE DARK 101.6%
THE AUDIENCE 101.2%
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 100.3%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE VISIT (55.2%), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (60.7%), ON THE TOWN (65.1%), GIGI (65.9%), JERSEY BOYS (71.2%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON THE TOWN 5331
AN ACT OF GOD 2787
THE LION KING 2028
LES MISERABLES 1345
GIGI 1122
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
IT'S ONLY A PLAY (-404), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (-17), SKYLIGHT (-5), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1),

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






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