INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/15; Blackout Edition
By: BWW Special Jul. 15, 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 7/14/2019.
Of note, all but 4 shows (Beautiful, Beetlejuice, Be More Chill & Burn This) performed less shows this weekend due to Saturday's blackout in Manhattan.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 243,260 tickets sold and a total gross of $30,566,474. The average ticket price was $125.65.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -15.57%. Versus last year, attendance was down -13.26%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -10.38% vs. last week and down -18.12% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $125.65 is up $7.26 compared to last week and down $-7.45 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,674,170 |
| THE LION KING | $2,394,536 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,700,382 |
| WICKED | $1,574,763 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,489,076 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($261,356), BE MORE CHILL ($444,803), WAITRESS ($449,106), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($454,059), OKLAHOMA! ($502,961)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| BURN THIS | $237,921 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $211,848 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $158,030 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $76,262 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $49,468 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-418,585), WICKED ($-342,396), HADESTOWN ($-281,831), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-241,870), ALADDIN ($-207,030)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $284.12 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $190.30 |
| THE LION KING | $187.67 |
| HADESTOWN | $171.32 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $166.38 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($68.82), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($72.16), BEAUTIFUL ($85.44), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL ($85.99), WAITRESS ($86.22)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 136.13% |
| HADESTOWN | 116.52% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 106.57% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 104.07% |
| HAMILTON | 103.36% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (25.53%), KING KONG (49.6%), WAITRESS (50.35%), BE MORE CHILL (50.81%), BEAUTIFUL (52.19%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (44.5%), WAITRESS (71.2%), BE MORE CHILL (71.7%), TOOTSIE (72.4%), BEAUTIFUL (74%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | 1755 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 1307 |
| BURN THIS | 488 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 217 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1893), FROZEN (-1777), ALADDIN (-1693), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO (-1622), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (-1440)
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