INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/18

By: Nov. 18, 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 11/17/2019.


This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 289,802 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,819,621. The average ticket price was $113.25.

This was up the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.55%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.92%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.29% vs. last week and down -10.09% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $113.25 is down $-8.22 compared to last week and down $-11.55 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,765,850
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,155,182
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,824,941
THE LION KING $1,655,921
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $1,497,521


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($251,376), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($255,064), A CHRISTMAS CAROL ($257,525), OKLAHOMA! ($379,069), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($380,018)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $165,096
A CHRISTMAS CAROL $151,075
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $18,633
Derren Brown: SECRET $6,818
THE GREAT SOCIETY $4,835


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-322,956), WICKED ($-287,661), THE LION KING ($-265,388), BEETLEJUICE ($-247,570), THE INHERITANCE ($-228,892)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $257.72
MOULIN ROUGE! $205.96
HADESTOWN $179.11
AMERICAN UTOPIA $166.16
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $158.57


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
A CHRISTMAS CAROL ($61.40), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($63.17), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($67.94), THE INHERITANCE ($71.53), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($72.54)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HADESTOWN 120.04%
AMERICAN UTOPIA 119.77%
MOULIN ROUGE! 117.67%
HAMILTON 104.95%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 104.21%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (29.8%), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (30.19%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (31.99%), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM (34.77%), TOOTSIE (44.47%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

COME FROM AWAY 101.4%
HAMILTON 101.3%
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 100.7%
MOULIN ROUGE! 100.5%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 100.3%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (47%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (59.7%), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (61.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (65.5%), Derren Brown: SECRET (66.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2543
THE INHERITANCE 387
JAGGED LITTLE PILL 269
THE GREAT SOCIETY 111
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 41


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2096), CHICAGO (-1718), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1708), BEETLEJUICE (-1573), TOOTSIE (-1317)

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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