INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/15

By: Apr. 15, 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 4/14/2019.


This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 304,463 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,725,461. The average ticket price was $114.05.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.44%. Versus last year, attendance was down -2.30%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.60% vs. last week and down -7.96% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.05 is up $2.13 compared to last week and down $-7.02 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,191,118
THE LION KING $2,245,485
WICKED $1,756,669
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,708,792
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,505,427


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
INK ($321,953), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($375,438), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($388,549), ALL MY SONS ($424,814), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($457,256)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HAMILTON $250,909
ALL MY SONS $176,045
KING LEAR $166,783
KING KONG $164,612
OKLAHOMA! $147,858


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-122,724), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-93,604), BEETLEJUICE ($-79,255), WICKED ($-76,493), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-74,639)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $296.77
THE LION KING $166.76
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $165.19
NETWORK $145.70
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $131.69


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HILLARY AND CLINTON ($62.99), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($67.13), BEETLEJUICE ($72.21), INK ($72.82), KING KONG ($76.58)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 123.16%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 106.57%
NETWORK 105.47%
HAMILTON 105.3%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 101.9%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
INK (44.37%), GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (44.83%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (45.91%), THE PROM (54.52%), KING KONG (54.6%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.8%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.3%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.1%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.1%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE FERRYMAN (72.7%), THE CHER SHOW (76.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (78.7%), KING LEAR (79.7%), KING KONG (80.1%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

ALL MY SONS 2021
KING KONG 1886
CHICAGO 992
HADESTOWN 972
WAITRESS 935


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1115), WICKED (-572), BEETLEJUICE (-397), THE FERRYMAN (-210), THE CHER SHOW (-162)

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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