INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/7

By: Oct. 07, 2019
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 10/6/2019.

Burning up the house! David Byrne's American Utopia started previews this past week at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway with close to sold-out status and gross sales of $395,604 on three performances.

This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 261,793 tickets sold and a total gross of $30,098,714. The average ticket price was $114.97.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.50%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.03%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.68% vs. last week and down -9.83% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.97 is up $0.21 compared to last week and down $-18.96 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,992,845
MOULIN ROUGE! $2,176,910
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $2,130,636
THE LION KING $1,949,218
AIN'T TOO PROUD $1,498,491


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
LINDA VISTA ($166,400), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($219,484), THE INHERITANCE ($271,488), Derren Brown: SECRET ($303,288), THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM ($326,052)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE INHERITANCE $155,091
FROZEN $130,896
THE LION KING $115,515
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM $85,192
ALADDIN $77,774


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-106,279), WICKED ($-68,324), SLAVE PLAY ($-62,903), COME FROM AWAY ($-37,033), THE GREAT SOCIETY ($-28,704)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $278.35
MOULIN ROUGE! $207.44
HADESTOWN $184.07
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $182.81
THE LION KING $146.60


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
LINDA VISTA ($44.65), THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($53.49), SLAVE PLAY ($58.90), Derren Brown: SECRET ($60.93), THE INHERITANCE ($66.89)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HADESTOWN 124.67%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 123.62%
MOULIN ROUGE! 118.85%
HAMILTON 103.16%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.57%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (25.64%), LINDA VISTA (28.46%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (32.22%), Derren Brown: SECRET (38.33%), THE INHERITANCE (38.35%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON 101.5%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.5%
HADESTOWN 100.9%
COME FROM AWAY 100.9%
MOULIN ROUGE! 100.7%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (47.8%), THE SOUND INSIDE (66.8%), THE GREAT SOCIETY (66.9%), TOOTSIE (69.2%), Derren Brown: SECRET (70%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE INHERITANCE 2565
FROZEN 1370
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME 712
Derren Brown: SECRET 657
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 637


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-553), THE GREAT SOCIETY (-537), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (-523), THE LION KING (-175), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-151)

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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