INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/3
By: BWW Special Sep. 03, 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 9/1/2019.
This week, 23 shows played on Broadway, with 227,568 tickets sold and a total gross of $28,652,877. The average ticket price was $125.91.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 7 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.21%. Versus last year, attendance was down -9.04%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 2.38% vs. last week and down -10.71% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $125.91 is up $1.44 compared to last week and down $-2.36 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,014,212 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,136,924 |
| THE LION KING | $2,036,582 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,972,702 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,571,126 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($529,036), BETRAYAL ($626,943), CHICAGO ($645,851), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($660,312), BEAUTIFUL ($710,398)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $126,369 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $121,324 |
| TOOTSIE | $120,063 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $116,237 |
| WICKED | $112,642 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FROZEN ($-58,244), THE LION KING ($-37,997), BETRAYAL ($9,855), ALADDIN ($17,143), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($17,898)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $280.16 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $203.44 |
| HADESTOWN | $181.42 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $168.78 |
| THE LION KING | $161.68 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHICAGO ($83.81), FROZEN ($86.05), BETRAYAL ($87.09), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($88.41), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($88.79)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 125.47% |
| HADESTOWN | 123.44% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 116.67% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 104.71% |
| HAMILTON | 103.9% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TOOTSIE (56.19%), BETRAYAL (60.34%), SEA WALL/A LIFE (64.91%), CHICAGO (67.25%), OKLAHOMA! (70.92%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (79.9%), BETRAYAL (86.9%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (88.4%), CHICAGO (89.2%), WICKED (90.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TOOTSIE | 1225 |
| WICKED | 1163 |
| BETRAYAL | 1094 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 988 |
| CHICAGO | 633 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FROZEN (-141),
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