INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/2
By: BWW Special Coverage May. 02, 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 5/1/2016.
Amongst this week's movers and shakers, WAITRESS continues to sell-out at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Despite heavy comping over three shows last week to accommodate second night press and the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards voters, WAITRESS' gross went up more than $150 K over the previous (opening) week.
Also, in its second week of previews at the Lyric Theatre, Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR grossed $1,065,771.30, beating last week's gross of $1,018,941.65. As with last week, PARAMOUR did six performances, compared to the traditional Broadway schedule of eight performances per week.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $1,950,539 |
| HAMILTON | $1,818,758 |
| WICKED | $1,625,910 |
| ALADDIN | $1,494,979 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,332,910 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
DISASTER! ($264,032), ECLIPSED ($269,110), THE FATHER ($294,222), TUCK EVERLASTING ($340,152), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($344,594)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WAITRESS | $161,065 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | $137,442 |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | $136,054 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $131,605 |
| THE COLOR PURPLE | $109,483 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-100,766), THE LION KING ($-45,221), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($-44,513), MATILDA ($-34,346), WICKED ($-34,104)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $169.12 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $153.00 |
| THE LION KING | $143.77 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $125.55 |
| WICKED | $118.22 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($47.26), DISASTER! ($55.09), FULLY COMMITTED ($67.30), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT ($69.56), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($70.86)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 136.24% |
| THE LION KING | 98.73% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 96.82% |
| ALADDIN | 94.19% |
| WICKED | 91.35% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
DISASTER! (23.82%), TUCK EVERLASTING (30.58%), ECLIPSED (34.13%), FINDING NEVERLAND (39.57%), BRIGHT STAR (40.51%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.2% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| WAITRESS | 100.8% |
| THE LION KING | 100.0% |
| ALADDIN | 99.7% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
DISASTER! (50.0%), ECLIPSED (55.9%), FINDING NEVERLAND (61.7%), JERSEY BOYS (62.1%), BRIGHT STAR (62.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | 1634 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 1427 |
| ON YOUR FEET! | 1059 |
| AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | 1043 |
| THE COLOR PURPLE | 939 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FINDING NEVERLAND (-638), MATILDA (-621), AMERICAN PSYCHO (-475), TUCK EVERLASTING (-423), THE FATHER (-352)
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