INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/10
By: BWW Special Feb. 10, 2020
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 2/9/2020.
David Byrne's American Utopia set a new box office record for the week ending February 9, 2020 at the Hudson Theatre, with a gross of $1,416,343.50 and this was for just 7 performances. The previous record was $1.278,000.00. The critical and popular juggernaut heads into his final week and must close February 16, 2020 following a run of 121 performances on Broadway.
This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 239,713 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,971,364. The average ticket price was $112.52.
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 up 2.96%. Versus last year, attendance was down -4.01%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 3.59% vs. last week and down -2.49% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $112.52 is up $0.69 compared to last week and up $1.75 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,692,357 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,630,284 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,521,431 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $1,429,465 |
| THE LION KING | $1,419,206 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GRAND HORIZONS ($231,783), THE INHERITANCE ($308,715), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($409,337), MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON ($544,475), CHICAGO ($624,465)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $253,126 |
| WICKED | $108,302 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $89,456 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $75,036 |
| CHICAGO | $48,981 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE INHERITANCE ($-93,116), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-52,190), JAGGED LITTLE PILL ($-25,420), BEETLEJUICE ($-9,892), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-7,090)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $250.34 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $210.55 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $156.52 |
| HADESTOWN | $147.39 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $135.42 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GRAND HORIZONS ($62.04), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($73.16), THE INHERITANCE ($74.14), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($77.25), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($78.01)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 153.52% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 109.07% |
| HAMILTON | 103.33% |
| HADESTOWN | 99.82% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 92.93% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE INHERITANCE (27.14%), GRAND HORIZONS (40.58%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (54.02%), A SOLDIER'S PLAY (62.47%), CHICAGO (65.02%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.2% |
| HADESTOWN | 100.9% |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 100% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (49.7%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (78.2%), GRAND HORIZONS (79.8%), CHICAGO (87.6%), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (89.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| WEST SIDE STORY | 1740 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 961 |
| WICKED | 567 |
| CHICAGO | 472 |
| THE LION KING | 406 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE INHERITANCE (-648), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (-324), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-298), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-78), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-14)
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