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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/9; HEDWIG Sets Another Record!

By: Jun. 09, 2014
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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, 6/8/2014.

Last night's Best Revival of a Musical Winner HEDWIG set a box office record at the Belasco with $1,021,707.87 on just 7 shows. This beats the show's own house record of $993,497 set the week of April 28.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $1,949,684
WICKED $1,924,272
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,592,249
KINKY BOOTS $1,374,315
ALADDIN $1,286,953
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MOTHERS AND SONS ($197,920), CASA VALENTINA ($262,224), ROCK OF AGES ($278,823), VIOLET ($376,607), LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL ($382,910)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $119,543
ALADDIN $90,233
BEAUTIFUL $72,763
PIPPIN $60,045
CINDERELLA $45,100
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL ($-109,396), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-95,397), MAMMA MIA! ($-89,116), CHICAGO ($-60,109), OF MICE AND MEN ($-38,499)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $182.30
A RAISIN IN THE SUN $146.57
THE LION KING $144.45
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH $141.51
BEAUTIFUL $139.60
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CASA VALENTINA ($65.28), MOTHERS AND SONS ($70.31), ACT ONE ($72.76), NEWSIES ($74.78), CINDERELLA ($78.57)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH 123.13%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 114.47%
WICKED 114.46%
A RAISIN IN THE SUN 112.19%
THE LION KING 98.28%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
MOTHERS AND SONS (25.79%), ACT ONE (40.43%), ONCE (43.17%), CASA VALENTINA (44.74%), CHICAGO (45.45%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.4%
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH 102.4%
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER 100.8%
BEAUTIFUL 100.5%
A RAISIN IN THE SUN 100.0%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

MOTHERS AND SONS (43.9%), ONCE (58.6%), ROCKY (61.5%), BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (64.0%), CHICAGO (66.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED 525
ACT ONE 502
PIPPIN 486
CINDERELLA 461
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY 356
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MAMMA MIA! (-893), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-739), THE REALISTIC JONESES (-478), LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL (-460), CHICAGO (-452)

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






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