INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/7
By: BWW Special Oct. 07, 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 10/6/2019.
Burning up the house! David Byrne's American Utopia started previews this past week at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway with close to sold-out status and gross sales of $395,604 on three performances.
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 261,793 tickets sold and a total gross of $30,098,714. The average ticket price was $114.97.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 0.50%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.03%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.68% vs. last week and down -9.83% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.97 is up $0.21 compared to last week and down $-18.96 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,992,845 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,176,910 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,130,636 |
| THE LION KING | $1,949,218 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,498,491 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LINDA VISTA ($166,400), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($219,484), THE INHERITANCE ($271,488), Derren Brown: SECRET ($303,288), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($326,052)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE INHERITANCE | $155,091 |
| FROZEN | $130,896 |
| THE LION KING | $115,515 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | $85,192 |
| ALADDIN | $77,774 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-106,279), WICKED ($-68,324), SLAVE PLAY ($-62,903), COME FROM AWAY ($-37,033), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($-28,704)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $278.35 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $207.44 |
| HADESTOWN | $184.07 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $182.81 |
| THE LION KING | $146.60 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LINDA VISTA ($44.65), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($53.49), SLAVE PLAY ($58.90), Derren Brown: SECRET ($60.93), THE INHERITANCE ($66.89)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 124.67% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 123.62% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 118.85% |
| HAMILTON | 103.16% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100.57% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (25.64%), LINDA VISTA (28.46%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (32.22%), Derren Brown: SECRET (38.33%), THE INHERITANCE (38.35%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 100.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.9% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.7% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (47.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (66.8%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (66.9%), TOOTSIE (69.2%), Derren Brown: SECRET (70%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE INHERITANCE | 2565 |
| FROZEN | 1370 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | 712 |
| Derren Brown: SECRET | 657 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 637 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-553), THE GREAT SOCIETY (-537), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-523), THE LION KING (-175), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-151)
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