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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/29

By: Jul. 29, 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!

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The Tony Award winning new Broadway production of PIPPIN has broken the house record for the 7th time at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), grossing $1,079,397.11 over eight performances for the week ending July 28, 2013. The show also took in the highest grossing single performance at $148,838 for Saturday, July 27 at 8pm.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, this year's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has set a new box office record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, for the fifth time since the week ending June 16, 2013. Kinky Boots' gross for the week ending July 28, 2013 was $1,612,845.00, the highest for any eight-show week at the Hirschfeld Theatre. Prior to Kinky Boots, the holiday favorite Elf held the Hirschfeld's house record for an 8-performance week, grossing $1,464,912.50 in December 2010.

Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 7/28/2013.


Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING $2,155,758
WICKED $2,088,425
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,738,664
KINKY BOOTS $1,612,845
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL $1,483,470
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SOUL DOCTOR ($152,026), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($361,826), THE NANCE ($363,658), LET IT BE ($369,391), ROCK OF AGES ($425,397)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED $181,197
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK $118,238
FIRST DATE $93,601
THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES $76,672
FOREVER TANGO $53,564
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-160,431), LET IT BE ($-29,928), CINDERELLA ($-25,228), THE NANCE ($-17,120), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-10,886)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BOOK OF MORMON $198.66
THE LION KING $158.45
KINKY BOOTS $140.49
PIPPIN $134.55
WICKED $133.33
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SOUL DOCTOR ($34.87), LET IT BE ($46.39), FIRST DATE ($57.74), THE NANCE ($73.11), THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES ($75.07)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE BOOK OF MORMON 125.0%
WICKED 110.42%
KINKY BOOTS 107.45%
PIPPIN 106.13%
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL 104.68%
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SOUL DOCTOR (23.39%), LET IT BE (28.4%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (45.62%), THE NANCE (46.95%), FIRST DATE (51.16%)

Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
CHICAGO 101.3%
PIPPIN 101.3%
KINKY BOOTS 100.8%
MATILDA 100.8%
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

LET IT BE (59.1%), THE NANCE (67.9%), THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (67.9%), FOREVER TANGO (80.3%), CINDERELLA (83.6%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED 1655
SOUL DOCTOR 1370
SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK 1085
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL 717
FOREVER TANGO 518
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE LION KING (-1581), LET IT BE (-1568), THE NANCE (-48), CINDERELLA (-33), PIPPIN (-4)

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