INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/26

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 8/25/2019.

What the Constitution Means to Me concluded its smash-hit Broadway run by shattering the box office record at the Helen Hayes Theater. With a gross of $638,509 for the week ending 8/24, the play broke the record for highest gross of any production at the theatre in an eight performance week. The record was previously held by Rock of Ages with a gross of $583,527 for the week ending 1/4/2015.

Hot on the heels of Colleen Ballinger and Todrick Hall joining the company (on August 20) as Dawn and Ogie respectively, Broadway's Waitress had their best week in six months: the show took in $938,087 last week, up $360K on the prior week.

This week, 24 shows played on Broadway, with 224,849 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,987,012. The average ticket price was $124.47.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 6 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -13.16%. Versus last year, attendance was down -11.95%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -12.47% vs. last week and down -16.86% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.47 is up $0.98 compared to last week and down $-7.34 compared to last year.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON	$2,944,167
MOULIN ROUGE!	$2,102,935
THE LION KING	$2,074,579
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$1,870,181
AIN'T TOO PROUD	$1,444,757

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($449,815), CHICAGO ($588,267), BEAUTIFUL ($594,161), BETRAYAL ($617,088), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($638,509)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WAITRESS	$358,783
BETRAYAL	$196,806
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME	$77,820
BEAUTIFUL	$29,519
AIN'T TOO PROUD	$15,172

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-239,200), WICKED ($-199,880), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-134,518), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-116,655), ALADDIN ($-97,896)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON	$273.80
MOULIN ROUGE!	$200.45
HADESTOWN	$178.73
THE LION KING	$166.22
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$160.67

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHICAGO ($83.17), BEAUTIFUL ($85.71), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($86.54), BEETLEJUICE ($87.73), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($88.23)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HADESTOWN	121.43%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	118.95%
MOULIN ROUGE!	114.81%
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME	107.62%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	102.5%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TOOTSIE (48.85%), BEAUTIFUL (59.73%), OKLAHOMA! (60.3%), CHICAGO (61.25%), SEA WALL/A LIFE (63.15%)

Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON	101.8%
COME FROM AWAY	101.6%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	101.4%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	101.4%
HADESTOWN	101.2%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (70.4%), CHICAGO (81.9%), WICKED (82%), BETRAYAL (84.2%), BEAUTIFUL (84.5%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

BETRAYAL	2336
WAITRESS	1794
BEAUTIFUL	290
SEA WALL/A LIFE	215
ALADDIN	145

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1116), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-935), THE LION KING (-887), TOOTSIE (-404), BEETLEJUICE (-366)

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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