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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/25

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By: May. 25, 2022
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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 5/22/2022.


This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 257,558 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,350,185. The average ticket price was $129.49. Also of note this week, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH cancelled both performances on 5/21.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 4.70%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 9.89% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $129.49 is up $6.12 compared to last week.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

THE MUSIC MAN $3,487,855
HAMILTON $2,266,325
THE LION KING $1,771,357
PLAZA SUITE $1,647,507
WICKED $1,572,052


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH ($164,479), PARADISE SQUARE ($241,952), BIRTHDAY CANDLES ($270,637), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY ($304,809), HANGMEN ($306,868)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL $831,556
HAMILTON $213,073
WICKED $210,679
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD $169,445
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $164,357


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE MINUTES ($-44,724), MR. SATURDAY NIGHT ($-39,865), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL ($-1,966), FUNNY GIRL ($3,315), BIRTHDAY CANDLES ($3,840)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

THE MUSIC MAN $283.20
HAMILTON $222.84
PLAZA SUITE $213.21
MACBETH $166.40
SIX $157.88


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
PARADISE SQUARE ($53.74), THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH ($59.42), BIRTHDAY CANDLES ($70.55), POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL ($79.21), ALADDIN ($82.95)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE MUSIC MAN 101%
HADESTOWN 100.7%
PLAZA SUITE 99.1%
SIX 98.6%
FUNNY GIRL 97.8%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (43.6%), HANGMEN (48.8%), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (56.5%), PARADISE SQUARE (57.3%), POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL (57.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL 5146
WICKED 1714
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1495
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD 1164
MACBETH 909


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
PARADISE SQUARE (-986), MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (-725), COMPANY (-632), GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (-336), TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL (-179)

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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