INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/18
By: BWW Special Nov. 18, 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 11/17/2019.
This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 289,802 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,819,621. The average ticket price was $113.25.
This was up the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.55%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.92%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.29% vs. last week and down -10.09% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $113.25 is down $-8.22 compared to last week and down $-11.55 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,765,850 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,155,182 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,824,941 |
| THE LION KING | $1,655,921 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $1,497,521 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($251,376), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($255,064), A CHRISTMAS CAROL ($257,525), OKLAHOMA! ($379,069), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($380,018)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $165,096 |
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | $151,075 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $18,633 |
| Derren Brown: SECRET | $6,818 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $4,835 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-322,956), WICKED ($-287,661), THE LION KING ($-265,388), BEETLEJUICE ($-247,570), THE INHERITANCE ($-228,892)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $257.72 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $205.96 |
| HADESTOWN | $179.11 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $166.16 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $158.57 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
A CHRISTMAS CAROL ($61.40), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($63.17), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($67.94), THE INHERITANCE ($71.53), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($72.54)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 120.04% |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 119.77% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 117.67% |
| HAMILTON | 104.95% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 104.21% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (29.8%), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (30.19%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (31.99%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (34.77%), TOOTSIE (44.47%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.4% |
| HAMILTON | 101.3% |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 100.7% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.5% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 100.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (47%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (59.7%), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (61.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (65.5%), Derren Brown: SECRET (66.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL | 2543 |
| THE INHERITANCE | 387 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | 269 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | 111 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 41 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2096), CHICAGO (-1718), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1708), BEETLEJUICE (-1573), TOOTSIE (-1317)
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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