INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/4

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, 5/3/2015.

Of note, Tony Award Best Musical nominee SOMETHING ROTTEN! celebrated its best week yet, (week ending May 3) at the St. James Theatre. Even with press performances taking out over 400 orchestra seats, the 10-time Tony Award nominated musical grossed $801,033 (up $84,444 on the prior week). We're told that the advance going into this week is projecting a further increase.

Top 5 by This Week Gross THE LION KING $1,908,299 ALADDIN $1,408,344 THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,407,988 WICKED $1,387,456 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,220,231

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($157,029), LIVING ON LOVE ($160,105), THE VISIT ($194,145), HAND TO GOD ($346,364), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($350,281)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross FUN HOME $95,812 SOMETHING ROTTEN! $84,440 THE HEIDI CHRONICLES $65,046 CHICAGO $46,977 AIRLINE HIGHWAY $30,561

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross WICKED ($-353,003), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($-284,242), MATILDA ($-260,243), LES MISERABLES ($-153,149), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($-97,081)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price THE BOOK OF MORMON $160.93 THE AUDIENCE $154.80 THE LION KING $147.51 BEAUTIFUL $139.20 FISH IN THE DARK $133.24

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price LIVING ON LOVE ($33.21), THE VISIT ($44.71), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($45.93), ON THE TOWN ($63.15), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO ($64.44)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential FISH IN THE DARK 111.3% THE AUDIENCE 110.33% THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.22% ALADDIN 95.57% SKYLIGHT 90.48%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential LIVING ON LOVE (16.58%), THE VISIT (25.46%), ON THE TOWN (28.02%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (34.98%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (35.34%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6% FISH IN THE DARK 101.3% THE AUDIENCE 100.7% THE KING AND I 100.0% ALADDIN 100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats ON THE TOWN (53.0%), LIVING ON LOVE (56.2%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (59.8%), THE VISIT (60.2%), JERSEY BOYS (60.2%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week THE HEIDI CHRONICLES 1260 ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 666 CHICAGO 638 FUN HOME 350 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 207

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week WICKED (-2345), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (-2160), MATILDA (-1866), LES MISERABLES (-1376), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (-1372)

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