INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/9

By: Dec. 09, 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 12/8/2019.


This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 296,485 tickets sold and a total gross of $38,331,950. The average ticket price was $129.29.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.21%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.65%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.05% vs. last week and down -4.53% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $129.29 is down $-13.02 compared to last week and up $1.52 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,060,685
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,335,550
THE LION KING $2,180,133
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,937,216
WICKED $1,929,278


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($296,009), SLAVE PLAY ($402,862), Derren Brown: SECRET ($447,257), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($449,562), OKLAHOMA! ($505,272)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

TOOTSIE $217,767
BETRAYAL $202,716
THE SOUND INSIDE $141,512
AIN'T TOO PROUD $113,650
THE INHERITANCE $112,818


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BEETLEJUICE ($-513,339), FROZEN ($-442,065), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-398,044), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-321,839), HAMILTON ($-319,031)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $284.53
MOULIN ROUGE! $222.82
HADESTOWN $189.36
AMERICAN UTOPIA $181.62
THE LION KING $172.55


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($60.13), SLAVE PLAY ($78.70), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW ($81.13), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($81.62), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS ($86.29)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

AMERICAN UTOPIA 131.14%
HADESTOWN 128.41%
MOULIN ROUGE! 127.52%
AIN'T TOO PROUD 112.44%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 110.62%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (34.06%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (45.49%), SLAVE PLAY (48.4%), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS (52.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (53.42%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.6%
COME FROM AWAY 101.1%
HADESTOWN 101%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 100.8%
TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL 100.8%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (57.4%), Derren Brown: SECRET (64.5%), THE INHERITANCE (65.2%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (65.7%), THE SOUND INSIDE (71%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

TOOTSIE 2587
THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS 2110
BETRAYAL 1224
MEAN GIRLS 1019
THE SOUND INSIDE 987


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BEETLEJUICE (-1179), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-669), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (-611), Derren Brown: SECRET (-471), CHICAGO (-384)

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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