INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/21

By: Oct. 21, 2019
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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 10/20/2019.


This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 286,802 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,644,583. The average ticket price was $120.80.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.47%. Versus last year, attendance was up 6.59%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.61% vs. last week and up 0.87% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $120.80 is down $-3.79 compared to last week and down $-6.85 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,788,638
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,238,888
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,195,338
THE LION KING $2,133,723
WICKED $1,677,867


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LINDA VISTA ($204,624), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($241,742), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($335,298), Derren Brown: SECRET ($353,407), THE ROSE TATTOO ($401,815)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $1,173,362
THE INHERITANCE $113,702
THE SOUND INSIDE $61,504
TOOTSIE $55,711
LINDA VISTA $36,527


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-302,354), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-215,178), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-165,358), WICKED ($-161,790), BEETLEJUICE ($-144,713)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $259.75
MOULIN ROUGE! $213.19
HADESTOWN $192.85
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $188.01
THE LION KING $160.32


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LINDA VISTA ($45.46), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($54.02), THE SOUND INSIDE ($76.12), Derren Brown: SECRET ($79.65), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($80.01)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HADESTOWN 131.01%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 127.37%
MOULIN ROUGE! 122.24%
HAMILTON 105.81%
BEAUTIFUL 105.58%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (28.24%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (34.16%), LINDA VISTA (34.99%), Derren Brown: SECRET (44.67%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (46.37%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
COME FROM AWAY 101.9%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.6%
HAMILTON 101.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (52.1%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (56.4%), Derren Brown: SECRET (62.4%), THE INHERITANCE (66.6%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (74.5%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 8870
THE INHERITANCE 1020
THE SOUND INSIDE 840
LINDA VISTA 385
AMERICAN UTOPIA 315


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-1343), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1291), WICKED (-797), THE ROSE TATTOO (-671), Derren Brown: SECRET (-467)

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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