INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/5

By: Aug. 05, 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 8/4/2019.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical has set a new weekly box office record for an 8-performance week at the Al Hirschfeld Hirschfeld Theatre, with total gross box office receipts of $1,987,914 for the week.

This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 270,067 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,730,889. The average ticket price was $124.90.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -1.13%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.09%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.28% vs. last week and down -7.31% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.90 is up $1.07 compared to last week and down $-3.00 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,066,826
THE LION KING $2,488,843
MOULIN ROUGE! $1,987,914
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,916,033
WICKED $1,839,043


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
BEAUTIFUL ($503,111), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($508,597), OKLAHOMA! ($523,712), BE MORE CHILL ($544,745), WAITRESS ($592,445)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SEA WALL/A LIFE $474,112
Barry Manilow $401,170
MOULIN ROUGE! $240,578
THE PROM $73,698
BEETLEJUICE $9,512


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-282,104), WICKED ($-237,572), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-84,505), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-44,226), OKLAHOMA! ($-36,216)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $285.07
MOULIN ROUGE! $190.61
THE LION KING $188.82
HADESTOWN $177.93
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $164.38


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($71.01), CHICAGO ($82.97), BEAUTIFUL ($84.88), BE MORE CHILL ($87.48), WAITRESS ($90.00)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 125.26%
HADESTOWN 121.03%
MOULIN ROUGE! 106.7%
WICKED 103.33%
HAMILTON 101.4%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (46.44%), TOOTSIE (49.67%), BEAUTIFUL (50.57%), KING KONG (53.18%), THE CHER SHOW (53.67%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.6%
COME FROM AWAY 101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.6%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.5%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
BEAUTIFUL (72.2%), TOOTSIE (74.1%), THE CHER SHOW (74.5%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (75.3%), WAITRESS (78.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SEA WALL/A LIFE 5630
Barry Manilow 2731
THE PROM 321
ALADDIN 170
FROZEN 126


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1957), THE LION KING (-1579), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-472), THE CHER SHOW (-454), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-281)

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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