INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/9
By: BWW Special Sep. 09, 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 9/8/2019.
This week, 25 shows played on Broadway, with 224,402 tickets sold and a total gross of $25,965,471. The average ticket price was $115.71.
This was up the number of shows as last week and down 6 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -1.39%. Versus last year, attendance was down -9.91%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.38% vs. last week and down -12.06% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.71 is down $-10.20 compared to last week and down $-2.83 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,911,182 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,095,696 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,910,724 |
| THE LION KING | $1,678,245 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,421,018 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($403,933), BETRAYAL ($623,474), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($625,431), CHICAGO ($640,333), BEAUTIFUL ($669,831)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| BETRAYAL | $-3,468 |
| CHICAGO | $-5,518 |
| HADESTOWN | $-13,578 |
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $-34,881 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $-40,567 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-358,337), ALADDIN ($-268,182), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-213,211), MEAN GIRLS ($-208,634), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-202,710)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $270.71 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $199.78 |
| HADESTOWN | $179.62 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $164.60 |
| THE LION KING | $141.58 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FROZEN ($78.88), BETRAYAL ($80.78), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($80.99), CHICAGO ($82.29), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($85.06)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 122.2% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 117.21% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 114.42% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 101.84% |
| HAMILTON | 100.35% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TOOTSIE (48.8%), OKLAHOMA! (54.15%), BETRAYAL (59.48%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (60.98%), SEA WALL/A LIFE (61.48%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.3% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.1% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.7% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (69.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (79.7%), BEETLEJUICE (81.5%), OKLAHOMA! (82.9%), MEAN GIRLS (86.4%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| WICKED | 1019 |
| BETRAYAL | 519 |
| CHICAGO | 75 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TOOTSIE (-1321), BEETLEJUICE (-1275), MEAN GIRLS (-1255), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1116), FROZEN (-1082)
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