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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/28

By: Oct. 28, 2019
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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 10/27/2019.


This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 278,087 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,983,842. The average ticket price was $122.21.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.04%. Versus last year, attendance was up 1.94%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.91% vs. last week and up 2.56% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $122.21 is up $1.41 compared to last week and up $0.74 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,965,824
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,217,401
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,197,947
THE LION KING $1,999,095
AIN'T TOO PROUD $1,530,810


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($173,120), LINDA VISTA ($240,198), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($335,445), Derren Brown: SECRET ($340,648), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($404,145)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

AMERICAN UTOPIA $292,486
HAMILTON $177,186
BEAUTIFUL $159,129
THE INHERITANCE $133,870
THE ROSE TATTOO $86,215


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-191,682), TOOTSIE ($-151,782), MEAN GIRLS ($-150,092), THE LION KING ($-134,628), FROZEN ($-127,847)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $275.81
MOULIN ROUGE! $209.45
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $189.86
HADESTOWN $187.51
AMERICAN UTOPIA $158.53


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($51.40), Derren Brown: SECRET ($76.77), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($77.20), FROZEN ($77.45), LINDA VISTA ($77.73)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 128.65%
HADESTOWN 127.59%
BEAUTIFUL 121.58%
MOULIN ROUGE! 120%
AMERICAN UTOPIA 114.63%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (20.23%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.02%), LINDA VISTA (41.08%), Derren Brown: SECRET (43.06%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (46.39%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

COME FROM AWAY 101.9%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.7%
HAMILTON 101.5%
HADESTOWN 101.4%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.3%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (39.2%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (60.1%), Derren Brown: SECRET (62.4%), LINDA VISTA (66%), TOOTSIE (71.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE INHERITANCE 1187
THE ROSE TATTOO 385
THE GREAT SOCIETY 312
BEAUTIFUL 172
AMERICAN UTOPIA 98


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
LINDA VISTA (-1411), TOOTSIE (-1318), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-1107), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1069), FROZEN (-879)

That's all for this week... Note: All data presented for informational purposes only. BroadwayWorld.com makes No Guarantees as to the accuracy of the data, or the matter in which it's presented. Source: The Broadway League..









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