INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/11

By: Feb. 11, 2019
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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 2/10/2019.


This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 249,720 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,661,258. The average ticket price was $110.77.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 5.32%. Versus last year, attendance was up 30.62%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.33% vs. last week and up 25.63% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $110.77 is down $-1.05 compared to last week and down $-4.40 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,108,317
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,947,680
THE LION KING $1,742,668
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,539,571
WICKED $1,445,082


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHOIR BOY ($379,819), THE PROM ($527,155), THE BAND'S VISIT ($528,202), TRUE WEST ($528,398), ANASTASIA ($545,061)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $135,849
KINKY BOOTS $122,225
BEAUTIFUL $118,932
THE BOOK OF MORMON $118,488
THE LION KING $93,499


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-285,687), HAMILTON ($-19,732), NETWORK ($-14,719), COME FROM AWAY ($575), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($9,099)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $288.96
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $151.33
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $150.10
NETWORK $144.06
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $132.23


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
KING KONG ($67.38), ANASTASIA ($69.10), THE BAND'S VISIT ($72.39), THE PROM ($77.50), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($77.74)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 113%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 111.07%
NETWORK 107.48%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 97.95%
THE LION KING 95.49%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
KING KONG (45.4%), THE PROM (47.8%), ANASTASIA (49.84%), THE BAND'S VISIT (51.19%), CHOIR BOY (55.31%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.3%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.5%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 101.4%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.2%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KINKY BOOTS (76%), KING KONG (77.4%), THE PROM (81.4%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (81.5%), ANASTASIA (86.3%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

KING KONG 1604
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1273
KINKY BOOTS 1241
BEAUTIFUL 1187
THE BOOK OF MORMON 1117


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
TRUE WEST (-123)

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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