INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/13; New High for HADESTWON
By: BWW Special May. 13, 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 5/12/2019.
Of note this week, HADESTOWN beat its previous record at the Walter Kerr - for the second week in a row.
This week, 38 shows played on Broadway, with 316,359 tickets sold and a total gross of $36,855,347. The average ticket price was $116.50.
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 6.48%. Versus last year, attendance was up 3.33%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 7.92% vs. last week and down -4.57% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $116.50 is up $1.55 compared to last week and down $-9.65 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,139,022 |
| THE LION KING | $2,042,084 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,632,527 |
| WICKED | $1,588,434 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,575,933 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($280,004), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($307,770), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($395,738), BE MORE CHILL ($407,296), INK ($408,551)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | $210,635 |
| TOOTSIE | $152,719 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $62,111 |
| ALL MY SONS | $59,349 |
| THE PROM | $55,896 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-182,260), THE LION KING ($-179,310), ALADDIN ($-147,139), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-134,938), CHICAGO ($-96,733)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $291.92 |
| THE LION KING | $151.94 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $148.95 |
| HADESTOWN | $147.64 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $140.30 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($50.24), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($55.53), KING KONG ($68.39), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($72.47), KING LEAR ($81.04)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 133.56% |
| HAMILTON | 103.58% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 103.47% |
| HADESTOWN | 100.28% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 95.73% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (27.35%), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (35.51%), KING KONG (42.25%), BE MORE CHILL (46.52%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (48.58%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.4% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.4% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.4% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KING KONG (65.2%), BE MORE CHILL (66.5%), KING LEAR (67.7%), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (68.5%), THE FERRYMAN (71.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | 4599 |
| TOOTSIE | 691 |
| WAITRESS | 380 |
| THE PROM | 235 |
| THE CHER SHOW | 217 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1566), CHICAGO (-652), BEETLEJUICE (-531), FROZEN (-499), WICKED (-429)
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..
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