INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/8
By: BWW Special Apr. 08, 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 4/7/2019.
This week, 38 shows played on Broadway, with 315,320 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,291,616. The average ticket price was $111.92.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.58%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.85%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -4.16% vs. last week and down -17.15% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $111.92 is down $-5.53 compared to last week and down $-17.96 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,940,209 |
| THE LION KING | $2,160,102 |
| WICKED | $1,833,162 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,802,396 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,628,150 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($381,334), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($391,944), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($410,927), OKLAHOMA! ($451,274), KING LEAR ($473,262)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TOOTSIE | $442,056 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $433,703 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $134,315 |
| THE BAND'S VISIT | $90,452 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $16,273 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-297,345), MEAN GIRLS ($-165,384), FROZEN ($-129,664), HADESTOWN ($-119,834), BE MORE CHILL ($-115,674)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $273.92 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $168.57 |
| THE LION KING | $159.83 |
| NETWORK | $146.10 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $140.62 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($65.79), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($66.68), KING LEAR ($69.90), KING KONG ($74.40), BEETLEJUICE ($77.32)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 117.47% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 107.49% |
| HAMILTON | 106.89% |
| NETWORK | 105.96% |
| WICKED | 103% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (44%), KING KONG (44.07%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (47.93%), THE PROM (48.28%), THE FERRYMAN (52.54%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.1% |
| OKLAHOMA! | 102.7% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KING KONG (66.6%), CHICAGO (74.8%), THE FERRYMAN (75.3%), BEAUTIFUL (75.8%), THE PROM (77.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| BEETLEJUICE | 7203 |
| TOOTSIE | 6347 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | 592 |
| THE BAND'S VISIT | 372 |
| KING LEAR | 173 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KINKY BOOTS (-1544), KING KONG (-1271), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-859), HADESTOWN (-815), MEAN GIRLS (-806)
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