INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/16
By: BWW Special Dec. 16, 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 12/15/2019.
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 296,253 tickets sold and a total gross of $38,046,158. The average ticket price was $128.42.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 7 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.08%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.63%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.71% vs. last week and down -4.56% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $128.42 is down $-0.82 compared to last week and up $1.43 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,769,865 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,317,656 |
| THE LION KING | $2,084,320 |
| WICKED | $2,022,209 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,874,481 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($288,226), Derren Brown: SECRET ($434,617), OKLAHOMA! ($455,742), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($466,930), SLAVE PLAY ($472,867)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter | $891,355 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $106,399 |
| JAGGED LITTLE PILL | $97,745 |
| WICKED | $92,931 |
| WAITRESS | $72,572 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-290,820), ALADDIN ($-125,694), THE LION KING ($-95,813), TOOTSIE ($-82,527), THE INHERITANCE ($-62,799)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $258.05 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $221.21 |
| HADESTOWN | $186.11 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $180.29 |
| THE LION KING | $162.63 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($57.36), SLAVE PLAY ($80.54), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($85.71), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($85.98), CHICAGO ($88.15)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 130.64% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 126.54% |
| HADESTOWN | 126.33% |
| WICKED | 113.62% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 109.94% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (33.17%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (47.25%), THE INHERITANCE (49.3%), THE SOUND INSIDE (49.71%), Derren Brown: SECRET (54.93%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.6% |
| HAMILTON | 101.3% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.2% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.1% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.1% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (58.5%), THE INHERITANCE (61%), Derren Brown: SECRET (64%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (64.3%), THE SOUND INSIDE (67.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter | 6734 |
| SLAVE PLAY | 752 |
| BEETLEJUICE | 743 |
| WICKED | 576 |
| WAITRESS | 538 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FROZEN (-407), ALADDIN (-403), THE INHERITANCE (-346), CHICAGO (-313), THE SOUND INSIDE (-260)
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