INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/29
By: BWW Special Jul. 29, 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 7/28/2019.
Kicked off this week was SEA WALL / A LIFE, with two previews that were completely sold out and grossed $258K which exceeded the gross potential of $255K. This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 273,153 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,824,901. The average ticket price was $123.83.
This was up the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.49%. Versus last year, attendance was down -7.62%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.28% vs. last week and down -14.66% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $123.83 is down $-2.22 compared to last week and down $-10.21 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,068,812 |
| THE LION KING | $2,770,947 |
| WICKED | $2,076,615 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,000,537 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,747,336 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($352,134), BEAUTIFUL ($519,931), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($540,911), OKLAHOMA! ($559,928), BE MORE CHILL ($561,393)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $232,796 |
| WICKED | $158,822 |
| BE MORE CHILL | $98,808 |
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | $40,970 |
| HADESTOWN | $32,544 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ALADDIN ($-174,492), TOOTSIE ($-60,356), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-33,498), HAMILTON ($-33,494), WAITRESS ($-25,786)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $285.26 |
| THE LION KING | $187.73 |
| HADESTOWN | $180.60 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $171.23 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $167.51 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($54.27), KING KONG ($69.68), CHICAGO ($85.33), BEAUTIFUL ($85.90), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL ($88.26)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 134.19% |
| HADESTOWN | 122.9% |
| WICKED | 103.71% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 101.16% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 100.37% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (29.94%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (48.55%), TOOTSIE (51.42%), BEAUTIFUL (52.26%), KING KONG (52.93%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (69.7%), BEAUTIFUL (73.7%), TOOTSIE (73.8%), THE CHER SHOW (78.6%), WAITRESS (80%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE | 2156 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 1303 |
| THE LION KING | 1209 |
| WICKED | 1145 |
| BE MORE CHILL | 760 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ALADDIN (-1701), TOOTSIE (-273), FROZEN (-265), WAITRESS (-261), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-96)
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