INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/13

By: Jan. 13, 2020
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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 1/12/2020.


This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 259,101 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,126,364. The average ticket price was $120.13.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -18.44%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.57%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -27.77% vs. last week and down -2.54% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $120.13 is down $-15.53 compared to last week and up $3.73 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,763,874
MOULIN ROUGE! $1,859,181
THE LION KING $1,610,115
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL $1,572,756
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,516,362


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GRAND HORIZONS ($213,547), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($305,205), MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON ($478,414), THE INHERITANCE ($501,028), OKLAHOMA! ($555,451)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON $413,116
THE SOUND INSIDE $182,735
THE INHERITANCE $91,709
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $90,854
GRAND HORIZONS $62,486


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-882,946), WICKED ($-862,285), ALADDIN ($-647,330), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-573,948), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-448,920)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $256.99
AMERICAN UTOPIA $191.89
MOULIN ROUGE! $177.90
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME $170.83
HADESTOWN $157.85


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GRAND HORIZONS ($61.49), A SOLDIER'S PLAY ($62.27), FROZEN ($81.90), ALADDIN ($87.67), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($88.01)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

AMERICAN UTOPIA 139.24%
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME 120.07%
HADESTOWN 107.42%
HAMILTON 106.07%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 104.95%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GRAND HORIZONS (37.38%), THE INHERITANCE (44.04%), A SOLDIER'S PLAY (46.58%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (59.01%), THE SOUND INSIDE (62.7%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME 101.6%
COME FROM AWAY 101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
HAMILTON 101.5%
BEETLEJUICE 101.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (64.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (71%), GRAND HORIZONS (74.2%), THE SOUND INSIDE (83.6%), CHICAGO (84.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON 3746
BEETLEJUICE 1430
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 1298
THE SOUND INSIDE 1160
THE INHERITANCE 445


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-2071), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2055), WEST SIDE STORY (-1740), AMERICAN UTOPIA (-945), AIN'T TOO PROUD (-854)

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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