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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/16

By: Dec. 16, 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 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)

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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