INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/9

By: Sep. 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 9/8/2019.


This week, 25 shows played on Broadway, with 224,402 tickets sold and a total gross of $25,965,471. The average ticket price was $115.71.

This was up the number of shows as last week and down 6 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -1.39%. Versus last year, attendance was down -9.91%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.38% vs. last week and down -12.06% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.71 is down $-10.20 compared to last week and down $-2.83 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,911,182
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,095,696
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,910,724
THE LION KING $1,678,245
AIN'T TOO PROUD $1,421,018


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($403,933), BETRAYAL ($623,474), SEA WALL/A LIFE ($625,431), CHICAGO ($640,333), BEAUTIFUL ($669,831)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

BETRAYAL $-3,468
CHICAGO $-5,518
HADESTOWN $-13,578
SEA WALL/A LIFE $-34,881
BEAUTIFUL $-40,567


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-358,337), ALADDIN ($-268,182), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-213,211), MEAN GIRLS ($-208,634), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-202,710)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $270.71
MOULIN ROUGE! $199.78
HADESTOWN $179.62
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $164.60
THE LION KING $141.58


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
FROZEN ($78.88), BETRAYAL ($80.78), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($80.99), CHICAGO ($82.29), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($85.06)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HADESTOWN 122.2%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 117.21%
MOULIN ROUGE! 114.42%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 101.84%
HAMILTON 100.35%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TOOTSIE (48.8%), OKLAHOMA! (54.15%), BETRAYAL (59.48%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (60.98%), SEA WALL/A LIFE (61.48%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.8%
HADESTOWN 101.3%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.1%
MOULIN ROUGE! 100.7%
COME FROM AWAY 100.5%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (69.6%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (79.7%), BEETLEJUICE (81.5%), OKLAHOMA! (82.9%), MEAN GIRLS (86.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

WICKED 1019
BETRAYAL 519
CHICAGO 75


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TOOTSIE (-1321), BEETLEJUICE (-1275), MEAN GIRLS (-1255), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1116), FROZEN (-1082)

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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