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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/4; Broadway Feels the Chill
By: BWW Special Feb. 04, 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 2/3/2019.
This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 237,108 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,512,355. The average ticket price was $111.82.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -8.65%. Versus last year, attendance was up 12.86%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -11.57% vs. last week and up 6.61% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $111.82 is down $-3.69 compared to last week and down $-6.56 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,128,049 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,927,390 |
| THE LION KING | $1,649,169 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,494,445 |
| WICKED | $1,363,202 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHOIR BOY ($343,830), TRUE WEST ($487,144), THE PROM ($500,132), ANASTASIA ($508,700), THE BAND'S VISIT ($511,073)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TRUE WEST | $30,326 |
| WAITRESS | $-3,974 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $-7,145 |
| NETWORK | $-12,970 |
| HAMILTON | $-19,942 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-201,020), WICKED ($-169,550), KING KONG ($-161,196), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-158,196), MEAN GIRLS ($-147,014)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $290.87 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $151.85 |
| NETWORK | $149.70 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $148.53 |
| WAITRESS | $130.45 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ANASTASIA ($69.15), KING KONG ($71.06), THE BAND'S VISIT ($71.38), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($73.73), CHOIR BOY ($76.00)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| NETWORK | 109.02% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 107.82% |
| HAMILTON | 103.22% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 96.93% |
| WAITRESS | 96.8% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
KING KONG (40.74%), THE PROM (45.35%), ANASTASIA (46.52%), KINKY BOOTS (47.8%), THE BAND'S VISIT (49.53%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.7% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.4% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 100.1% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KINKY BOOTS (65.1%), KING KONG (65.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (71.6%), THE PROM (74.7%), CHICAGO (77.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| HAMILTON | 1 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KING KONG (-1261), KINKY BOOTS (-1159), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1139), BEAUTIFUL (-936), CHICAGO (-646)
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