INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/3
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By: BWW Special May. 03, 2022
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 5/1/2022.
This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 241,500 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,072,410. The average ticket price was $120.38.
Of note, FUNNY GIRL this week had three heavily comped press performances and both Beanie Feldstein and Ramin Karimloo were out of the show all weekend. AMERICAN BUFFALO also had Laurence Fishburne out of the show all week due to COVID.
This was up the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -9.82%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -15.00% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $120.38 is down $-7.34 compared to last week.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE MUSIC MAN | $3,314,671 |
| HAMILTON | $2,091,733 |
| PLAZA SUITE | $1,656,074 |
| THE LION KING | $1,635,397 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL | $1,419,845 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH ($141,111), PARADISE SQUARE ($206,562), THE LITTLE PRINCE ($232,808), FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF ($250,174), BIRTHDAY CANDLES ($286,387)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF | $105,798 |
| HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE | $45,200 |
| HANGMEN | $41,598 |
| A STRANGE LOOP | $29,316 |
| POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL | $17,050 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-711,881), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-588,258), BEETLEJUICE ($-492,698), THE LION KING ($-365,424), HAMILTON ($-353,460)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| THE MUSIC MAN | $277.26 |
| HAMILTON | $216.69 |
| PLAZA SUITE | $215.27 |
| SIX | $147.28 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL | $143.36 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH ($35.24), POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL ($37.18), PARADISE SQUARE ($48.49), HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE ($72.25), BIRTHDAY CANDLES ($72.98)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| MACBETH | 99.4% |
| PLAZA SUITE | 98.6% |
| THE MUSIC MAN | 98% |
| FUNNY GIRL | 97% |
| HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE | 96.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LITTLE PRINCE (25.9%), THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (47.3%), FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF (50.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (51.9%), PARADISE SQUARE (54.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM AL | 1833 |
| HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE | 302 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-3349), BEETLEJUICE (-3002), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-2528), MRS. DOUBTFIRE (-1790), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1682)
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