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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/31
By: BWW Special Coverage May. 31, 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 5/29/2016.
Of note this week: Waitress hit the million dollar mark for weekly gross ticket sales for the first time. The new musical, which has been nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical, grossed $1,001,427 for the week ending May 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $2,072,450 |
| HAMILTON | $1,917,923 |
| WICKED | $1,744,424 |
| ALADDIN | $1,524,878 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $1,346,049 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE FATHER ($246,823), ECLIPSED ($295,071), FULLY COMMITTED ($371,654), FUN HOME ($387,952), BLACKBIRD ($392,758)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| PARAMOUR | $219,143 |
| HAMILTON | $153,115 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $151,532 |
| MATILDA | $86,528 |
| TUCK EVERLASTING | $85,155 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ON YOUR FEET! ($-127,737), AMERICAN PSYCHO ($-124,989), BEAUTIFUL ($-114,185), AN AMERICAN IN PARIS ($-103,519), KINKY BOOTS ($-85,435)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $178.38 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $154.17 |
| THE LION KING | $152.93 |
| WICKED | $127.33 |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | $125.85 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TUCK EVERLASTING ($51.67), BLACKBIRD ($60.21), THE FATHER ($66.40), BRIGHT STAR ($73.49), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME ($73.59)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 143.67% |
| THE LION KING | 100.0% |
| ALADDIN | 98.68% |
| WAITRESS | 98.23% |
| WICKED | 98.01% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE FATHER (36.34%), TUCK EVERLASTING (36.78%), ECLIPSED (37.42%), AMERICAN PSYCHO (41.81%), FINDING NEVERLAND (41.97%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.4% |
| SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT | 101.7% |
| HAMILTON | 101.7% |
| WAITRESS | 101.1% |
| THE LION KING | 99.9% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ECLIPSED (58.2%), JERSEY BOYS (60.7%), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (62.3%), THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (65.6%), KINKY BOOTS (65.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| PARAMOUR | 4518 |
| TUCK EVERLASTING | 1457 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 719 |
| BLACKBIRD | 514 |
| MATILDA | 329 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON YOUR FEET! (-1378), AMERICAN PSYCHO (-1372), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (-1365), BRIGHT STAR (-1080), KINKY BOOTS (-998)
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