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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/24; Slew of House Records Broken

By: Jun. 24, 2013
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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!

Lots of house records this week as Broadway enjoyed a GREAT post-Tonys next to last week of June.

I'LL EAT YOU LAST, Bette Midler's return to Broadway broke the box office record at the Booth Theatre for the fourth time. The production grossed $890,276 for the week ending June 23, 2013. The production's previous record of $865,144 was set the week ending May 12, 2013.

ANNIE also joined the Millionaire's Club on Broadway last week, grossing$1,087,792.20 for the week. The Tony Award winning new Broadway production of PIPPIN has broken the house record for the 5th time at the Music Box Theatre, grossing $1,038,618.87.

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL celebrated its best week ever with a weekly gross of $1,443,867. (week ending June 23) and beats its own box office record at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and MATILDA has also broken the house record at the Shubert Theatre for the second week in a row, grossing $1,222,026.25.

Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has set a new box office record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, for the second consecutive week. Kinky Boots' gross for the week ending June 23, 2013 was $1,503,541.00, the highest for any eight-show week at the Hirschfeld Theatre.

Also of note, LUCKY GUY played four performances last week, instead of the usual eight, grossing $634,349.00 for those four performances.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 6/23/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED $2,041,391
THE LION KING $1,963,852
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,743,062
KINKY BOOTS $1,503,541
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,443,867
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
ANN ($236,292), MACBETH ($300,188), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($320,137), ROCK OF AGES ($421,556), THE NANCE ($437,989)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $192,346
ANNIE $126,056
CINDERELLA $74,812
MAMMA MIA! $70,761
JERSEY BOYS $70,537
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
LUCKY GUY ($-733,189), THE NANCE ($-82,078), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($-46,412), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-36,507), MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL ($2,419)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $199.16
THE LION KING $144.38
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS $142.28
LUCKY GUY $137.30
WICKED $135.25
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ANN ($59.47), MACBETH ($71.63), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($75.15), CHICAGO ($81.58), ANNIE ($88.04)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 125.31%
LUCKY GUY 116.46%
I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS 114.14%
WICKED 107.94%
KINKY BOOTS 102.67%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ANN (22.3%), MACBETH (39.63%), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES (49.65%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (51.13%), THE NANCE (56.55%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
PIPPIN 101.5%
NEWSIES 101.2%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 100.8%
KINKY BOOTS 100.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

ANN (44.6%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (63.3%), THE NANCE (65.6%), MACBETH (67.0%), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (81.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED 1755
ANNIE 1147
MACBETH 699
ANN 670
MAMMA MIA! 579
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
LUCKY GUY (-4937), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-1218), THE NANCE (-1181), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES (-250), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-247)

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









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