INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/16
By: BWW Special Sep. 16, 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 9/15/2019.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 253,685 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,092,571. The average ticket price was $114.68.
This was up the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 13.05%. Versus last year, attendance was down -1.01%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 12.04% vs. last week and up 1.11% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.68 is down $-1.03 compared to last week and up $2.41 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,904,447 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,184,142 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,964,200 |
| THE LION KING | $1,771,473 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,512,149 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
Derren Brown: SECRET ($258,349), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($413,430), OKLAHOMA! ($440,186), CHICAGO ($689,306), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($719,375)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | $285,277 |
| TOOTSIE | $192,640 |
| BETRAYAL | $179,639 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $130,923 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $104,867 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-13,405), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-8,279), HAMILTON ($-6,735), FROZEN ($26,822), MEAN GIRLS ($30,888)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $270.11 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $208.11 |
| HADESTOWN | $186.92 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $168.92 |
| THE LION KING | $138.05 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
Derren Brown: SECRET ($38.42), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($69.65), FROZEN ($78.98), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($80.51), BEETLEJUICE ($82.33)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 127.24% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 120.49% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 119.25% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 101.07% |
| HAMILTON | 100.11% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
Derren Brown: SECRET (30.94%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.8%), OKLAHOMA! (59.01%), TOOTSIE (60.59%), MEAN GIRLS (64.31%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.4% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.3% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.1% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE GREAT SOCIETY (70%), TOOTSIE (80.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (88%), FROZEN (89.7%), OKLAHOMA! (90.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | 4197 |
| Derren Brown: SECRET | 3440 |
| TOOTSIE | 1426 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 1073 |
| BEETLEJUICE | 1069 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BETRAYAL (-87), HAMILTON (-1),
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