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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/18; Big Weeks for NEWSIES, ONCE & ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

By: Jun. 18, 2012
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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!

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Not one, not two, but three shows have proclaimed this as having been their highest grossing weeks to date!

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, playing on Broadway through September 2, 2012, celebrated its best sales week yet grossing $648,505 on Broadway for the week ending June 17, 2012.

ONCE, the Tony Award winning Best New Musical had its best week ever as well, grossing $955,052 in the week ending June 17.

Last, but not least, NEWSIES, broke the house record at the Nederlander Theatre last week with a gross of $1,049,581.40. The previous record of $1,024,516.60 was set by NEWSIES for the week ending April 15, 2012. This marks the third time the production has broken the Nederlander box office record since beginning previews on March 15th.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/17/2012.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $1,980,203
THE LION KING $1,878,450
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,596,688
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $1,584,513
EVITA $1,238,442
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GODSPELL ($194,322), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($213,004), THE LYONS ($217,732), THE COLUMNIST ($238,792), END OF THE RAINBOW ($318,488)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
VENUS IN FUR $213,407
HARVEY $115,093
ONCE $110,019
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $94,858
OTHER DESERT CITIES $78,243
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
EVITA ($-148,623), END OF THE RAINBOW ($-62,249), JERSEY BOYS ($-47,860), GHOST ($-38,029), MAMMA MIA! ($-33,010)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $182.44
WICKED $139.98
THE LION KING $139.98
EVITA $120.68
ONCE $111.83
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER ($50.99), THE LYONS ($53.76), GODSPELL ($56.54), THE COLUMNIST ($59.43), HARVEY ($61.77)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 128.31%
WICKED 117.79%
THE LION KING 111.13%
NEWSIES 95.27%
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 87.65%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LYONS (24.76%), GODSPELL (25.43%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (31.95%), DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER (32.66%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (34.42%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
NEWSIES 101.4%
ONCE 100.9%
HARVEY 100.1%
THE LION KING 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE LYONS (46.9%), PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (51.3%), END OF THE RAINBOW (52.2%), A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (53.7%), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (54.9%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HARVEY 2128
OTHER DESERT CITIES 913
VENUS IN FUR 853
GODSPELL 745
MARY POPPINS 664
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
EVITA (-1230), END OF THE RAINBOW (-1060), GHOST (-719), CHICAGO (-285), MEMPHIS (-263)

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






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