INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/9
By: BWW Special Dec. 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 12/8/2019.
This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 296,485 tickets sold and a total gross of $38,331,950. The average ticket price was $129.29.
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 up 1.21%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.65%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.05% vs. last week and down -4.53% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $129.29 is down $-13.02 compared to last week and up $1.52 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,060,685 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,335,550 |
| THE LION KING | $2,180,133 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,937,216 |
| WICKED | $1,929,278 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($296,009), SLAVE PLAY ($402,862), Derren Brown: SECRET ($447,257), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($449,562), OKLAHOMA! ($505,272)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TOOTSIE | $217,767 |
| BETRAYAL | $202,716 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | $141,512 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $113,650 |
| THE INHERITANCE | $112,818 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BEETLEJUICE ($-513,339), FROZEN ($-442,065), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-398,044), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-321,839), HAMILTON ($-319,031)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $284.53 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $222.82 |
| HADESTOWN | $189.36 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $181.62 |
| THE LION KING | $172.55 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($60.13), SLAVE PLAY ($78.70), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($81.13), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($81.62), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS ($86.29)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 131.14% |
| HADESTOWN | 128.41% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 127.52% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 112.44% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 110.62% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (34.06%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (45.49%), SLAVE PLAY (48.4%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS (52.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (53.42%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.1% |
| HADESTOWN | 101% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 100.8% |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 100.8% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (57.4%), Derren Brown: SECRET (64.5%), THE INHERITANCE (65.2%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (65.7%), THE SOUND INSIDE (71%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TOOTSIE | 2587 |
| THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | 2110 |
| BETRAYAL | 1224 |
| MEAN GIRLS | 1019 |
| THE SOUND INSIDE | 987 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BEETLEJUICE (-1179), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-669), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (-611), Derren Brown: SECRET (-471), CHICAGO (-384)
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