INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/22
By: BWW Special Jan. 22, 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 1/20/2019.
WAITRESS jumped up $53,000 this past week (ending January 20) to celebrate a return to the Million Dollar Club with a total gross of $1.026,100.40. Currently occupying the diner as Jenna and Dr. Pomatter, are the show's composer/lyricist Sara Bareilles and her Tony Award-winning friend Gavin Creel.
This week, 31 shows played on Broadway, with 267,598 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,699,190. The average ticket price was $118.46.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.47%. Versus last year, attendance was up 23.31%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.75% vs. last week and up 14.50% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.46 is up $2.06 compared to last week and down $-9.12 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,217,087 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,063,774 |
| THE LION KING | $1,794,617 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,541,089 |
| WICKED | $1,478,702 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHOIR BOY ($343,857), TRUE WEST ($440,595), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($467,164), THE NEW ONE ($533,335), CHICAGO ($564,905)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $173,776 |
| AMERICAN SON | $83,941 |
| CHOIR BOY | $82,181 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $80,442 |
| WICKED | $75,599 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FROZEN ($-77,803), THE LION KING ($-54,050), THE FERRYMAN ($-50,309), KING KONG ($-45,696), THE CHER SHOW ($-27,631)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $299.15 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $163.81 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $159.05 |
| NETWORK | $147.49 |
| THE LION KING | $135.02 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE BAND'S VISIT ($76.11), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($77.49), KING KONG ($79.49), CHOIR BOY ($80.00), TRUE WEST ($80.67)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 111.18% |
| NETWORK | 110.23% |
| HAMILTON | 106.16% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.79% |
| WAITRESS | 100.65% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
KING KONG (44.46%), CHOIR BOY (50.07%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (50.62%), KINKY BOOTS (51.34%), THE NEW ONE (54.27%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.5% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (60.9%), KING KONG (64.2%), KINKY BOOTS (67.7%), THE NEW ONE (73.6%), CHICAGO (77.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 890 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 857 |
| AMERICAN SON | 486 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 366 |
| THE NEW ONE | 337 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
FROZEN (-960), CHOIR BOY (-569), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-562), ALADDIN (-361), KING KONG (-218)
That's all for this week... Note: All data presented for informational purposes only. BroadwayWorld.com makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of the data, or the matter in which it's presented. Source: The Broadway League..
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