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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/26; SOMETHING ROTTEN! Joins Millionaire's Club

By: May. 26, 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, 5/24/2015.

Of note, Best Musical Tony nominee SOMETHING ROTTEN! has joined the Millionaire's Club as the 10 time Tony nominated new musical continues to consistently build its weekly gross - up over $100K - and celebrated its Best Week Ever at The St. James Theatre for the week ending May 24,2015.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,066,573
WICKED $1,776,153
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,551,727
ALADDIN $1,516,242
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,349,932
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($172,882), THE VISIT ($201,623), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($378,180), HAND TO GOD ($442,073), GIGI ($457,095)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $191,667
WICKED $174,428
LES MISERABLES $129,702
SOMETHING ROTTEN! $113,747
THE LION KING $100,006
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO ($-134,049), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($-40,236), GIGI ($-36,763), THE AUDIENCE ($-35,602), THE VISIT ($-9,807)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $177.30
THE AUDIENCE $153.40
THE LION KING $151.94
BEAUTIFUL $139.53
FISH IN THE DARK $139.38
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE VISIT ($42.05), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($48.45), ON THE TOWN ($55.86), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($63.98), GIGI ($64.20)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
FISH IN THE DARK 116.76%
THE AUDIENCE 109.63%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 104.01%
SOMETHING ROTTEN! 102.71%
THE LION KING 98.19%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE VISIT (26.44%), GIGI (33.98%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (35.29%), ON THE TOWN (35.67%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (38.16%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FUN HOME 102.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
FISH IN THE DARK 101.6%
THE AUDIENCE 101.0%
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 100.4%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (57.9%), GIGI (64.3%), THE VISIT (66.5%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (71.1%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (73.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON THE TOWN 1675
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1446
WICKED 1196
LES MISERABLES 997
THE VISIT 814
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-320), WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (-308), GIGI (-181), HAND TO GOD (-55), ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (-27)

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






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