INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/23
By: BWW Special Coverage May. 23, 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 5/22/2016.
Of note this week: For the third week in a row, Waitress topped its previous gross sales at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The Tony-nominated musical squeaked up to a new high of $982,755 in a week that saw a lot of comp tickets going to Tony and Drama Desk voters, as well as many attendees at the Broadway League's annual gathering for road presenters.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $2,056,550 |
| HAMILTON | $1,764,808 |
| WICKED | $1,673,967 |
| ALADDIN | $1,474,530 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,388,431 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($295,322), TUCK EVERLASTING ($325,361), ECLIPSED ($332,255), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($409,027), FUN HOME ($424,225)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| PARAMOUR | $443,779 |
| THE LION KING | $405,480 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $200,627 |
| WICKED | $195,514 |
| MATILDA | $143,611 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE CRUCIBLE ($-19,965), ON YOUR FEET! ($-11,647), THE FATHER ($-8,756), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT ($-7,837), TUCK EVERLASTING ($-736)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $164.09 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $158.79 |
| THE LION KING | $151.66 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $123.31 |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | $122.46 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($50.15), FINDING NEVERLAND ($64.30), BRIGHT STAR ($69.26), ECLIPSED ($71.51), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($71.97)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 132.2% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 100.86% |
| THE LION KING | 97.62% |
| WAITRESS | 96.4% |
| WICKED | 94.05% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TUCK EVERLASTING (29.25%), FINDING NEVERLAND (38.67%), THE FATHER (41.67%), ECLIPSED (42.14%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (47.71%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.5% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| WAITRESS | 101.1% |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | 100.6% |
| THE LION KING | 99.9% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
JERSEY BOYS (66.1%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (69.8%), TUCK EVERLASTING (69.9%), SOMETHING ROTTEN! (71.8%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (72.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| PARAMOUR | 3044 |
| FINDING NEVERLAND | 2655 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 2280 |
| THE LION KING | 2176 |
| MATILDA | 1648 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE FATHER (-125), THE CRUCIBLE (-89), SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT (-70), LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (-24),
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