INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/4
By: BWW Special Nov. 04, 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 11/3/2019.
This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 270,173 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,122,601. The average ticket price was $115.20.
Of note, HAMILTON had a special week - on Thursday, for the second year in a row, they hosted their popular fan performance by providing every ticket for $10 through the Ham4Ham lottery and on Wednesday they hosted the Hamilton Education Program (#EduHam) program for the 2019-20 year hosting 17 New York-area Title I-eligible high schools at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Each EduHam ticket is $10 for students and subsidized by an additional $60 from The Rockefeller Foundation and other generous funders.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.85%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.33%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.42% vs. last week and down -5.91% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.20 is down $-7.01 compared to last week and down $-3.17 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,408,121 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,245,898 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,180,900 |
| THE LION KING | $1,968,299 |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $1,463,622 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($203,842), LINDA VISTA ($252,234), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($281,028), Derren Brown: SECRET ($331,728), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($369,650)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | $92,613 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | $30,722 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $28,497 |
| FROZEN | $21,322 |
| ALADDIN | $17,352 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-557,703), HADESTOWN ($-176,644), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-158,167), TOOTSIE ($-148,738), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-91,398)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $224.35 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $207.74 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $192.38 |
| HADESTOWN | $164.69 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $152.77 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($58.91), Derren Brown: SECRET ($66.71), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($74.36), TOOTSIE ($75.78), FROZEN ($75.79)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 130.3% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 119.07% |
| HADESTOWN | 111.44% |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 110.16% |
| HAMILTON | 105.14% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (23.82%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (31.12%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (38.87%), Derren Brown: SECRET (41.93%), LINDA VISTA (43.19%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.7% |
| HAMILTON | 101.3% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.2% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.9% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 100.8% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (40.3%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (53.9%), THE SOUND INSIDE (66.8%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (67.4%), LINDA VISTA (67.4%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 1478 |
| FROZEN | 550 |
| Derren Brown: SECRET | 536 |
| TOOTSIE | 357 |
| BEETLEJUICE | 262 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CHICAGO (-715), WAITRESS (-629), THE GREAT SOCIETY (-525), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-491), MEAN GIRLS (-386)
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