INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/23

By: Dec. 23, 2019
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 12/22/2019.

The holiday show, A Christmas Carol, which opened on Broadway on November 20, 2019, has broken the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the second week in a row. Adapted by Jack Thorne and directed by Matthew Warchus, A Christmas Carol grossed $860,125.97 over eight performances for the week ending December 22. This tops the house record which A Christmas Carol broke last week when it grossed $823,011.

This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 302,372 tickets sold and a total gross of $40,645,773. The average ticket price was $134.42.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.17%. Versus last year, attendance was down -1.98%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.57% vs. last week and down -0.89% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $134.42 is up $6.09 compared to last week and up $1.48 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,203,616
WICKED $2,401,820
THE LION KING $2,254,345
MOULIN ROUGE! $1,850,982
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,832,306


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($386,730), THE SOUND INSIDE ($400,572), SLAVE PLAY ($422,282), THE INHERITANCE ($435,154), OKLAHOMA! ($436,850)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HAMILTON $433,751
WICKED $379,611
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $271,834
WEST SIDE STORY $242,879
BEETLEJUICE $234,546


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MOULIN ROUGE! ($-466,673), TOOTSIE ($-229,707), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-139,348), THE INHERITANCE ($-125,701), Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter ($-117,233)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $297.87
MOULIN ROUGE! $203.09
HADESTOWN $183.21
THE LION KING $175.05
AMERICAN UTOPIA $175.02


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($64.66), THE SOUND INSIDE ($77.74), SLAVE PLAY ($78.86), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS ($91.64), FROZEN ($93.89)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

WICKED 134.95%
AMERICAN UTOPIA 126.07%
HADESTOWN 124.41%
MOULIN ROUGE! 115.5%
HAMILTON 110.43%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE INHERITANCE (38.25%), THE SOUND INSIDE (39.82%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (44.5%), TOOTSIE (47.88%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (50.59%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
HAMILTON 101.5%
HADESTOWN 101.2%
COME FROM AWAY 101.1%
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 100.3%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (54.2%), TOOTSIE (63.9%), THE SOUND INSIDE (64.5%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (65.1%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (69.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS 1787
WEST SIDE STORY 1740
THE LIGHTNING THIEF 956
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 754
Derren Brown: SECRET 561


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TOOTSIE (-2223), MOULIN ROUGE! (-1363), CHICAGO (-923), Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter (-615), THE INHERITANCE (-569)

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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