INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/23
By: BWW Special Sep. 23, 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 9/22/2019.
This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 254,824 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,320,908. The average ticket price was $115.06.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.45%. Versus last year, attendance was up 14.05%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.78% vs. last week and up 11.45% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.06 is up $0.38 compared to last week and down $-2.68 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,973,580 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,157,446 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,093,267 |
| THE LION KING | $1,846,698 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,529,416 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($299,624), Derren Brown: SECRET ($324,370), SLAVE PLAY ($396,469), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($404,000), OKLAHOMA! ($410,704)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | $309,388 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $260,307 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $129,066 |
| SLAVE PLAY | $89,801 |
| THE LION KING | $75,225 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-297,466), FROZEN ($-153,519), WICKED ($-142,892), ALADDIN ($-135,317), BETRAYAL ($-119,839)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $276.56 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $205.49 |
| HADESTOWN | $190.20 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $179.34 |
| THE LION KING | $140.31 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SLAVE PLAY ($63.49), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($65.41), Derren Brown: SECRET ($70.93), FROZEN ($71.11), THE SOUND INSIDE ($73.13)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 129.19% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 128.41% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 117.79% |
| HAMILTON | 102.5% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 101.76% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.01%), Derren Brown: SECRET (38.85%), THE SOUND INSIDE (41.03%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (41.44%), SLAVE PLAY (47.63%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.8% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.7% |
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.2% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.8% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
Derren Brown: SECRET (63.8%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (64.7%), THE SOUND INSIDE (70.7%), TOOTSIE (74.2%), BETRAYAL (74.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE SOUND INSIDE | 3836 |
| FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME | 2527 |
| SLAVE PLAY | 1555 |
| THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM | 848 |
| THE LION KING | 330 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2714), Derren Brown: SECRET (-2152), WAITRESS (-1876), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1714), BETRAYAL (-1459)
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