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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/2

By: May. 02, 2016
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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)

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









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