Skylight And Gigi Played Their Final Performances, Seeing An Upsurge In Ticket Sales. Overall, The Industry Was Fairly Constant This Week.


“Gigi” And “Skylight” See Rise In Final Week

In the week ending June 21, 2015, both Gigi and Skylight played their final week of performances. Gigi was nominated for no Tony Awards and received mixed to negative reviews, and therefore its closing was on somewhat of a disappointing note. Still, in its last week, Gigi saw an upturn of sales with the last chance fans rushing to catch Vanessa Hudgens in the title role, and Victoria Clark in the acclaimed supporting role of Mamita.

This past week, Gigi brought in $619,008, which is an increase of $110,365 from the week before. In the previous week, its penultimate week of performances, sales also went up, that time by $106,697. However, in the previous three weeks before that, sales decreased on a weekly basis, so it was only in the last two weeks that sales saw an upsurge due to scarcity of remaining performances.

"Skylight" Nominated For Seven Tony Awards

This past week, the show brought in 46.01% of its gross potential, which is the almost the highest potential reached of any week. With a top ticket price of $198.00, the average paid admission in Gigi’s final week was $75.98. Skylight is a completely different story. Skylight was nominated for several Tony Awards and took home the award for Best Revival of a Play. It received excellent reviews, and performed very well throughout its run.

Still, like with Gigi, in its final two weeks sales went even higher. In the week ending July 21, 2015, Skylight brought in $927,539, which was 108.09% of its gross potential, by far the highest gross of the run. The previous week, the gross was $865,346, which was 100.85% of the gross potential. Therefore, Skylight went out on a high note, averaging $144.57 for paid admission and filling up 100.0% of the audience capacity.

An Overall Static Week On Broadway

This past week, the entire Broadway industry saw an increase of only $349,473. With 30 shows running that week, that averages to be an increase of $11,649 per show. In actuality, 11 shows saw a decrease in sales, and 19 shows saw an increase in sales. From a macro perspective, the industry stayed relatively static from the week before.

The greatest increase was seen by Gigi, and the second greatest by Skylight, as discussed in the previous paragraph. The biggest decrease was seen by Wolf Hall Parts One and Two, which brought in $467,890, a decrease of $114,082 from the week before.

"It Shoulda Been You" Decreases In Box Office

While the show received a lot of recognition from the Tony Awards, it seems to have nearly saturated its demand prior to its closing in early July. In addition, It Shoulda Been You saw a decrease of $58,885, bringing in a weekly gross of $344,196, which represents only 34.73% of its gross potential. Still, overall the Broadway industry stayed fairly constant this week, without too much extreme fluctuation.

The following are the Broadway ticket sales numbers for the week ending June 21, 2015:
Broadway-Show-Ticket-Analysis-06-21-15
Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Capacity AvgPdAdm
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER $587,784 6,465 89.10% $90.92
ALADDIN $1,625,997 13,792 100.06% $117.89
AN ACT OF GOD $890,098 7,156 88.92% $124.38
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1,440,627 13,391 99.69% $107.58
BEAUTIFUL $993,120 7,734 94.23% $128.41
CHICAGO $718,511 8,533 98.76% $84.20
FINDING NEVERLAND $1,132,133 11,703 97.27% $96.74
FISH IN THE DARK $849,330 7,770 90.52% $109.31
FUN HOME $744,646 6,129 103.53% $121.50
GIGI $619,008 8,147 73.58% $75.98
HAND TO GOD $415,154 4,784 77.46% $86.78
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH $479,292 5,024 71.27% $95.40
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU $344,196 5,350 66.08% $64.34
JERSEY BOYS $680,486 7,058 71.84% $96.41
KINKY BOOTS $867,192 8,458 74.25% $102.53
LES MISÉRABLES $659,355 8,550 75.85% $77.12
MAMMA MIA! $782,060 8,624 92.45% $90.68
MATILDA $1,044,453 11,375 99.29% $91.82
ON THE TOWN $558,807 9,118 60.82% $61.29
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY $582,490 5,620 97.30% $103.65
SKYLIGHT $927,539 6,416 100.00% $144.57
SOMETHING ROTTEN! $1,169,433 12,241 91.79% $95.53
THE AUDIENCE $1,206,318 7,612 101.72% $158.48
THE BOOK OF MORMON $1,517,932 8,752 102.63% $173.44
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME $919,935 7,914 97.18% $116.24
THE KING AND I $1,154,506 8,264 98.66% $139.70
THE LION KING $2,154,719 13,600 100.00% $158.44
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $982,442 11,419 88.93% $86.04
WICKED $1,947,674 15,331 99.50% $127.04
WOLF HALL PARTS ONE & TWO $467,890 4,923 44.50% $95.04
Total $28,463,126 261,253 88.24% $107.38
Broadway ticket sales raw data are provided courtesy of The Broadway League All other data, text, opinion, charts and commentary are copyright © 2015 nytix.com