INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/5
By: BWW Special Aug. 05, 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 8/4/2019.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical has set a new weekly box office record for an 8-performance week at the Al Hirschfeld Hirschfeld Theatre, with total gross box office receipts of $1,987,914 for the week.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 270,067 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,730,889. The average ticket price was $124.90.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 -1.13%. Versus last year, attendance was down -5.09%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.28% vs. last week and down -7.31% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.90 is up $1.07 compared to last week and down $-3.00 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,066,826 |
| THE LION KING | $2,488,843 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $1,987,914 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,916,033 |
| WICKED | $1,839,043 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
BEAUTIFUL ($503,111), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($508,597), OKLAHOMA! ($523,712), BE MORE CHILL ($544,745), WAITRESS ($592,445)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | $474,112 |
| Barry Manilow | $401,170 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $240,578 |
| THE PROM | $73,698 |
| BEETLEJUICE | $9,512 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-282,104), WICKED ($-237,572), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-84,505), AIN'T TOO PROUD ($-44,226), OKLAHOMA! ($-36,216)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $285.07 |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | $190.61 |
| THE LION KING | $188.82 |
| HADESTOWN | $177.93 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $164.38 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($71.01), CHICAGO ($82.97), BEAUTIFUL ($84.88), BE MORE CHILL ($87.48), WAITRESS ($90.00)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 125.26% |
| HADESTOWN | 121.03% |
| MOULIN ROUGE! | 106.7% |
| WICKED | 103.33% |
| HAMILTON | 101.4% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (46.44%), TOOTSIE (49.67%), BEAUTIFUL (50.57%), KING KONG (53.18%), THE CHER SHOW (53.67%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
BEAUTIFUL (72.2%), TOOTSIE (74.1%), THE CHER SHOW (74.5%), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (75.3%), WAITRESS (78.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SEA WALL/A LIFE | 5630 |
| Barry Manilow | 2731 |
| THE PROM | 321 |
| ALADDIN | 170 |
| FROZEN | 126 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1957), THE LION KING (-1579), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-472), THE CHER SHOW (-454), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-281)
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