INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/19
By: BWW Special Aug. 19, 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 8/18/2019.
This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 258,918 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,972,753. The average ticket price was $123.49.
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 -4.22%. Versus last year, attendance was down -2.17%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -5.43% vs. last week and down -9.85% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $123.49 is down $-1.58 compared to last week and down $-10.51 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,966,602 |
| THE LION KING | $2,313,779 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $2,099,833 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,900,310 |
| WICKED | $1,598,241 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
OKLAHOMA! ($476,328), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($560,689), BEAUTIFUL ($564,642), WAITRESS ($579,304), CHICAGO ($600,124)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE CHER SHOW | $196,188 |
| KING KONG | $120,477 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | $49,424 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $48,369 |
| WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME | $41,345 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ALADDIN ($-183,776), WICKED ($-168,296), THE LION KING ($-145,369), FROZEN ($-118,267), MEAN GIRLS ($-82,682)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $275.89 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $200.29 |
| HADESTOWN | $179.61 |
| THE LION KING | $173.08 |
| Barry Manilow | $165.39 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($75.35), CHICAGO ($83.02), BEAUTIFUL ($85.01), BEETLEJUICE ($87.25), WAITRESS ($87.60)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HADESTOWN | 122.24% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 121.36% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 114.65% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.66% |
| HAMILTON | 102.26% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
TOOTSIE (50.59%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (50.63%), BEAUTIFUL (56.76%), WAITRESS (56.82%), KING KONG (57.72%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| HADESTOWN | 101.4% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
TOOTSIE (73.5%), WAITRESS (79.1%), KING KONG (80.8%), BEAUTIFUL (80.9%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (81.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE CHER SHOW | 1381 |
| KING KONG | 949 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 617 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | 498 |
| TOOTSIE | 480 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1164), ALADDIN (-740), SEA WALL/A LIFE (-508), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-374), FROZEN (-271)
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