INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/21
By: BWW Special Oct. 21, 2019
Welcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 10/20/2019.
This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 286,802 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,644,583. The average ticket price was $120.80.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.47%. Versus last year, attendance was up 6.59%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.61% vs. last week and up 0.87% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $120.80 is down $-3.79 compared to last week and down $-6.85 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,788,638 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,238,888 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,195,338 |
| THE LION KING | $2,133,723 |
| WICKED | $1,677,867 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LINDA VISTA ($204,624), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($241,742), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($335,298), Derren Brown: SECRET ($353,407), THE ROSE TATTOO ($401,815)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $1,173,362 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $113,702 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $61,504 |
| TOOTSIE | $55,711 |
| LINDA VISTA | $36,527 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-302,354), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-215,178), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-165,358), WICKED ($-161,790), BEETLEJUICE ($-144,713)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $259.75 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $213.19 |
| HADESTOWN | $192.85 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $188.01 |
| THE LION KING | $160.32 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LINDA VISTA ($45.46), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($54.02), THE SOUND INSIDE ($76.12), Derren Brown: SECRET ($79.65), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($80.01)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 131.01% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 127.37% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 122.24% |
| HAMILTON | 105.81% |
| BEAUTIFUL | 105.58% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (28.24%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.16%), LINDA VISTA (34.99%), Derren Brown: SECRET (44.67%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (46.37%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| HAMILTON | 101.4% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (52.1%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (56.4%), Derren Brown: SECRET (62.4%), THE INHERITANCE (66.6%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (74.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 8870 |
| THE INHERITANCE | 1020 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | 840 |
| LINDA VISTA | 385 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 315 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-1343), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1291), WICKED (-797), THE ROSE TATTOO (-671), Derren Brown: SECRET (-467)
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