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Welcome to this week's edition of our WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights!
It was a doubly fantastic week for THE BOOK OF MORMON, which broke the house record of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway for the 39th time for the week ending August 19, with a gross of $1,651,064.00.
Additionally, the show also broke the house record at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, the first stop of the show’s First National Tour, with a gross of $1,340,947.00 for the same week ending August 19.
Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, 8/19/2012.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING |
$1,958,780 |
| WICKED |
$1,818,537 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON |
$1,651,064 |
| SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK |
$1,542,699 |
| EVITA |
$1,039,196 |
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
END OF THE RAINBOW ($325,001), CLYBOURNE PARK ($380,155), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER ($429,784), ROCK OF AGES ($480,779), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL ($508,052) |
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
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Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-328,924), THE LION KING ($-260,956), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK ($-148,485), MARY POPPINS ($-78,626), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-65,459) |
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
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Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL ($61.89), END OF THE RAINBOW ($65.62), CLYBOURNE PARK ($69.61), MARY POPPINS ($73.10), GHOST ($73.56) |
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
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Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
END OF THE RAINBOW (39.39%), PORGY AND BESS (39.74%), BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL (42.35%), CLYBOURNE PARK (44.51%), GHOST (46.43%) |
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
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| Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
PORGY AND BESS (56.1%), END OF THE RAINBOW (62.5%), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (65.0%), PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (68.4%), Gore Vidal'S THE BEST MAN (69.9%)
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Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
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Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2322), THE LION KING (-1503), SISTER ACT (-1141), SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK (-1015), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (-639) |
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