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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/1; SOMETHING ROTTEN! Hits Another High

By: Jun. 01, 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, 5/31/2015.

Best Musical Tony nominee Something Rotten! continues to consistently build its weekly gross, beating its own record with its Best Week Ever at The St. James Theatre for the week ending May 31,2015 with a gross of $1,100,399.20.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,026,910
WICKED $1,670,922
ALADDIN $1,469,138
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,417,312
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,339,416
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE VISIT ($149,023), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($160,888), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($272,693), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ($390,177), HAND TO GOD ($406,784)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SOMETHING ROTTEN! $36,234
THE KING AND I $25,885
FUN HOME $1,329
FISH IN THE DARK $1,289
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $-10,516
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BEAUTIFUL ($-235,946), LES MISERABLES ($-193,503), KINKY BOOTS ($-156,803), A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER ($-147,612), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-146,427)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $162.22
THE LION KING $149.28
THE AUDIENCE $146.88
FISH IN THE DARK $139.54
THE KING AND I $130.77
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE VISIT ($41.81), AIRLINE HIGHWAY ($46.19), ON THE TOWN ($51.15), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU ($62.07), GIGI ($70.89)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
FISH IN THE DARK 116.88%
THE AUDIENCE 103.73%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.89%
ALADDIN 101.04%
SOMETHING ROTTEN! 100.1%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE VISIT (19.54%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (27.51%), ON THE TOWN (28.65%), GIGI (31.68%), AIRLINE HIGHWAY (32.84%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FUN HOME 102.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.5%
FISH IN THE DARK 101.6%
ALADDIN 100.0%
THE KING AND I 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO (49.1%), THE VISIT (49.4%), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (54.3%), GIGI (54.3%), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (61.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
AN ACT OF GOD 744
ALADDIN 2
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
LES MISERABLES (-1944), IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU (-1518), ON THE TOWN (-1406), WICKED (-1325), KINKY BOOTS (-1245)

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









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