INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/12
By: BWW Special Aug. 12, 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 8/11/2019.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 270,326 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,808,016. The average ticket price was $125.06.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.10%. Versus last year, attendance was down -2.69%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.23% vs. last week and down -9.34% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $125.06 is up $0.17 compared to last week and down $-9.17 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,040,621 |
| THE LION KING | $2,459,148 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,130,934 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,904,809 |
| WICKED | $1,766,537 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($507,604), BEAUTIFUL ($516,273), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($519,344), WAITRESS ($594,282), CHICAGO ($612,642)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| BE MORE CHILL | $149,696 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $143,020 |
| THE PROM | $106,735 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $43,572 |
| FROZEN | $36,616 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SEA WALL/A LIFE ($-107,579), WICKED ($-72,506), KING KONG ($-54,023), BEETLEJUICE ($-34,997), TOOTSIE ($-33,256)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $282.72 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $203.29 |
| THE LION KING | $186.05 |
| HADESTOWN | $177.03 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $163.95 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($70.58), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($80.98), CHICAGO ($83.85), BEAUTIFUL ($85.69), WAITRESS ($88.96)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 123.67% |
| HADESTOWN | 120.52% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 116.34% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 104.78% |
| HAMILTON | 100.53% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (47.01%), KING KONG (49.5%), TOOTSIE (50.41%), BEAUTIFUL (51.9%), THE CHER SHOW (56.59%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.7% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.4% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (69.8%), BEAUTIFUL (73.4%), KING KONG (73.9%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (75.9%), THE CHER SHOW (79.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| BE MORE CHILL | 765 |
| THE CHER SHOW | 526 |
| FROZEN | 372 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 202 |
| THE PROM | 157 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KING KONG (-698), TOOTSIE (-550), CHICAGO (-396), WICKED (-242), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-202)
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