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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/20; PIPPIN Breaks Another House Record

By: May. 20, 2013
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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!

The new Broadway production of PIPPIN has broken the house record for the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) for the second week in a row, grossing $870,034 over eight performances for the week ending May 19, 2013.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 5/19/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,887,665
WICKED $1,748,141
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,701,989
LUCKY GUY $1,387,476
KINKY BOOTS $1,269,683
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE BIG KNIFE ($229,239), ANN ($247,041), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($354,725), MACBETH ($444,348), ROCK OF AGES ($450,030)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ORPHANS $129,547
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $115,296
CINDERELLA $106,234
ANNIE $98,860
JERSEY BOYS $64,342
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL ($-93,611), MATILDA ($-60,361), MAMMA MIA! ($-57,584), I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS ($-35,376), LUCKY GUY ($-2,112)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $194.47
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS $149.27
LUCKY GUY $143.23
THE LION KING $140.37
WICKED $125.94
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BIG KNIFE ($59.27), ORPHANS ($68.84), ANN ($70.02), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($72.19), ANNIE ($77.60)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 122.36%
LUCKY GUY 122.2%
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 120.93%
WICKED 103.99%
THE LION KING 95.56%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ANN (23.32%), THE BIG KNIFE (41.4%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (47.3%), ORPHANS (48.61%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (54.73%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
LUCKY GUY 102.4%
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 102.2%
KINKY BOOTS 100.9%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 100.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ANN (39.6%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (64.1%), THE BIG KNIFE (65.3%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (78.0%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (78.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CINDERELLA 2022
ANNIE 1884
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT 1147
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 862
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE 790
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (-966), I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS (-712), MAMMA MIA! (-458), THE LION KING (-140), WICKED (-86)

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









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