INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/23
By: BWW Special Dec. 23, 2019
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 12/22/2019.
The holiday show, A Christmas Carol, which opened on Broadway on November 20, 2019, has broken the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the second week in a row. Adapted by Jack Thorne and directed by Matthew Warchus, A Christmas Carol grossed $860,125.97 over eight performances for the week ending December 22. This tops the house record which A Christmas Carol broke last week when it grossed $823,011.
This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 302,372 tickets sold and a total gross of $40,645,773. The average ticket price was $134.42.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.17%. Versus last year, attendance was down -1.98%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.57% vs. last week and down -0.89% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $134.42 is up $6.09 compared to last week and up $1.48 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,203,616 |
| WICKED | $2,401,820 |
| THE LION KING | $2,254,345 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,850,982 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,832,306 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($386,730), THE SOUND INSIDE ($400,572), SLAVE PLAY ($422,282), THE INHERITANCE ($435,154), OKLAHOMA! ($436,850)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $433,751 |
| WICKED | $379,611 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $271,834 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | $242,879 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $234,546 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MOULIN ROUGE! ($-466,673), TOOTSIE ($-229,707), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-139,348), THE INHERITANCE ($-125,701), Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter ($-117,233)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $297.87 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $203.09 |
| HADESTOWN | $183.21 |
| THE LION KING | $175.05 |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | $175.02 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE LIGHTNING THIEF ($64.66), THE SOUND INSIDE ($77.74), SLAVE PLAY ($78.86), THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS ($91.64), FROZEN ($93.89)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WICKED | 134.95% |
| AMERICAN UTOPIA | 126.07% |
| HADESTOWN | 124.41% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 115.5% |
| HAMILTON | 110.43% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE INHERITANCE (38.25%), THE SOUND INSIDE (39.82%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (44.5%), TOOTSIE (47.88%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (50.59%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| HAMILTON | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.2% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.1% |
| TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL | 100.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE INHERITANCE (54.2%), TOOTSIE (63.9%), THE SOUND INSIDE (64.5%), SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW (65.1%), THE LIGHTNING THIEF (69.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS | 1787 |
| WEST SIDE STORY | 1740 |
| THE LIGHTNING THIEF | 956 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 754 |
| Derren Brown: SECRET | 561 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TOOTSIE (-2223), MOULIN ROUGE! (-1363), CHICAGO (-923), Harry Connick, JR. - A CELEBRATION OF Cole Porter (-615), THE INHERITANCE (-569)
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