INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/30
By: BWW Special Sep. 30, 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 9/29/2019.
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 260,498 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,894,777. The average ticket price was $114.76.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.23%. Versus last year, attendance was up 11.62%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 1.96% vs. last week and up 1.26% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.76 is down $-0.30 compared to last week and down $-11.73 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,991,505 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,159,241 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,091,419 |
| THE LION KING | $1,833,703 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,486,705 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LINDA VISTA ($137,786), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($216,708), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($240,860), Derren Brown: SECRET ($306,989), THE SOUND INSIDE ($395,520)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE ROSE TATTOO | $242,589 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $116,890 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $89,642 |
| WICKED | $67,995 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $56,704 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME ($-92,487), TOOTSIE ($-62,637), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($-58,764), HADESTOWN ($-43,918), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-42,711)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $278.07 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $205.70 |
| HADESTOWN | $184.26 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $179.34 |
| THE LION KING | $136.12 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LINDA VISTA ($38.44), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($46.85), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($61.21), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($66.24), SLAVE PLAY ($70.58)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 125.18% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 121.34% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 117.89% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.32% |
| HAMILTON | 103.11% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
LINDA VISTA (23.56%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (25.32%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.64%), Derren Brown: SECRET (36.76%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (37.88%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.3% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.2% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.8% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (53.9%), Derren Brown: SECRET (60.3%), THE SOUND INSIDE (68%), TOOTSIE (68.1%), BETRAYAL (71.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE ROSE TATTOO | 2713 |
| ALADDIN | 1294 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | 1100 |
| WICKED | 769 |
| THE GREAT SOCIETY | 725 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TOOTSIE (-777), FROZEN (-694), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (-646), BEETLEJUICE (-484), SLAVE PLAY (-354)
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