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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/27

By: Jan. 27, 2020
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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 1/26/2020.


This week, 25 shows played on Broadway, with 238,179 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,611,966. The average ticket price was $115.93.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.96%. Versus last year, attendance was down -8.24%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.30% vs. last week and down -7.91% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.93 is down $-6.82 compared to last week and up $0.42 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,674,005
MOULIN ROUGE! $1,652,702
THE LION KING $1,615,226
WEST SIDE STORY $1,590,210
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $1,536,310


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GRAND HORIZONS ($216,238), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($328,111), THE INHERITANCE ($424,250), MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON ($537,802), CHICAGO ($628,048)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WEST SIDE STORY $159,304
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON $129,557
AMERICAN UTOPIA $43,325
A SOLDIER'S PLAY $7,559
GRAND HORIZONS $438


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BEETLEJUICE ($-211,653), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-158,274), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-143,075), HADESTOWN ($-132,162), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-129,734)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $248.70
AMERICAN UTOPIA $204.79
MOULIN ROUGE! $158.17
HADESTOWN $150.97
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $133.12


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GRAND HORIZONS ($49.76), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($65.50), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($78.35), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($78.51), FROZEN ($79.14)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

AMERICAN UTOPIA 148.65%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 102.7%
HAMILTON 102.62%
HADESTOWN 102.56%
MOULIN ROUGE! 94.21%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE INHERITANCE (37.29%), GRAND HORIZONS (37.85%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (56.89%), A SOLDIER'S PLAY (57.23%), CHICAGO (65.39%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.5%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.4%
COME FROM AWAY 101.3%
HADESTOWN 101.2%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 100.6%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (56.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (76.9%), CHICAGO (86.7%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (89.4%), GRAND HORIZONS (92.9%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

WEST SIDE STORY 1740
WICKED 691
GRAND HORIZONS 624
FROZEN 440
CHICAGO 308


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE INHERITANCE (-622), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-600), A SOLDIER'S PLAY (-463), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-275), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (-211)

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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