INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/24
By: BWW Special Jun. 24, 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 6/23/2019.
This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 296,070 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,987,055. The average ticket price was $121.55.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.26%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.32%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.33% vs. last week and down -10.67% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $121.55 is up $3.57 compared to last week and down $-14.08 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,179,856 |
| THE LION KING | $2,422,497 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $2,018,314 |
| WICKED | $1,992,828 |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | $1,590,238 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($301,180), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($302,871), INK ($397,578), BE MORE CHILL ($459,379), WAITRESS ($519,144)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| FROZEN | $113,256 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $100,521 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $93,734 |
| THE LION KING | $92,210 |
| KISS ME, KATE | $85,996 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-57,993), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-31,715), OKLAHOMA! ($-23,541), BEAUTIFUL ($-16,625), CHICAGO ($-14,729)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $295.58 |
| THE LION KING | $178.53 |
| HADESTOWN | $174.46 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $172.79 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $158.70 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HILLARY AND CLINTON ($55.31), KING KONG ($71.99), FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE ($76.36), CHICAGO ($84.81), WAITRESS ($86.54)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 141.19% |
| HADESTOWN | 118.65% |
| WICKED | 111.97% |
| AIN'T TOO PROUD | 108.04% |
| HAMILTON | 103.59% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (25.61%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (37.18%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (44.88%), INK (48.96%), WAITRESS (50.92%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE (42.4%), BE MORE CHILL (70.9%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (71.2%), WAITRESS (71.8%), BEAUTIFUL (73.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | 943 |
| WAITRESS | 712 |
| FROZEN | 610 |
| THE FERRYMAN | 535 |
| MY FAIR LADY | 533 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-525), BEAUTIFUL (-518), OKLAHOMA! (-192), INK (-35), CHICAGO (-12)
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