INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/2; Kids Night & More
By: BWW Special Mar. 02, 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 3/1/2020.
Of note, CHICAGO, MEAN GIRLS, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL and SIX participated in Kids Night on Broadway this past week on Tuesday, February 25 which affects their grosses for the week ending March 1.
Also, HARRY POTTER played autism-friendly performances on Sunday, March 1 with tickets (to two performances) sold at reduced prices exclusively through the Theatre Development Fund's program.
This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 244,515 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,109,419. The average ticket price was $106.78.
This was up the number of shows as last week and down 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.57%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.47%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -10.57% vs. last week and down -3.87% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $106.78 is down $-9.56 compared to last week and down $-3.77 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,696,189 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $1,598,947 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,571,114 |
| THE LION KING | $1,414,594 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $1,320,766 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GRAND HORIZONS ($304,720), THE INHERITANCE ($409,086), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($470,331), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY ($503,694), CHICAGO ($546,842)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WEST SIDE STORY | $144,719 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | $60,809 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $31,040 |
| A SOLDIER'S PLAY | $9,962 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $4,303 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-426,524), WICKED ($-400,910), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-284,907), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-253,880), BEETLEJUICE ($-241,743)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $250.67 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $150.84 |
| HADESTOWN | $137.59 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $132.02 |
| MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON | $128.01 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($65.22), GRAND HORIZONS ($70.88), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($72.18), FROZEN ($75.07), THE INHERITANCE ($76.78)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 103.48% |
| HADESTOWN | 92.93% |
| WEST SIDE STORY | 92.83% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 89.56% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 88.22% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE INHERITANCE (35.96%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (47.04%), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (50.94%), GRAND HORIZONS (53.34%), CHICAGO (56.94%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 100.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.6% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100% |
| WEST SIDE STORY | 100% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (63.5%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (69%), CHICAGO (75.7%), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (77.1%), AIN'T TOO PROUD (82.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE INHERITANCE | 827 |
| GRAND HORIZONS | 221 |
| HAMILTON | 4 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2006), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1831), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-1685), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (-1131), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-1097)
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