INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/18

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 3/17/2019.

This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 288,544 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,944,573. The average ticket price was $114.18.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 6.45%. Versus last year, attendance was up 8.50%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 8.90% vs. last week and up 3.10% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.18 is up $2.56 compared to last week and down $-5.98 compared to last year.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON	$3,196,394
THE LION KING	$2,024,027
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$1,948,859
WICKED	$1,836,854
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,511,717

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PROM ($533,392), KING LEAR ($558,714), THE FERRYMAN ($570,339), BEAUTIFUL ($585,129), WAITRESS ($613,885)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WICKED	$280,935
THE LION KING	$280,228
BE MORE CHILL	$280,077
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$199,437
ANASTASIA	$155,865

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FROZEN ($-164,977), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-105,373), THE CHER SHOW ($-75,490), BEAUTIFUL ($-32,127), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-25,360)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON	$297.12
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$175.35
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$150.19
THE LION KING	$149.14
NETWORK	$147.10

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($70.46), THE PROM ($77.06), THE FERRYMAN ($81.34), THE BAND'S VISIT ($82.39), CHICAGO ($84.34)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	116.07%
NETWORK	111.15%
HAMILTON	105.48%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	103.62%
WICKED	103.2%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
KING KONG (47.44%), THE PROM (48.37%), BEAUTIFUL (52.86%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (53.72%), THE CHER SHOW (54.03%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON	104.1%
COME FROM AWAY	102.1%
HAMILTON	101.8%
NETWORK	101.5%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	101.5%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KING KONG (75.7%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (77.6%), THE CHER SHOW (78.1%), WAITRESS (80%), THE PROM (82.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	1995
ANASTASIA	1556
KING KONG	1155
WICKED	802
KINKY BOOTS	644

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE CHER SHOW (-341), BE MORE CHILL (-30),

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..