INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/8

By: Apr. 08, 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 4/7/2019.


This week, 38 shows played on Broadway, with 315,320 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,291,616. The average ticket price was $111.92.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.58%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.85%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -4.16% vs. last week and down -17.15% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $111.92 is down $-5.53 compared to last week and down $-17.96 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,940,209
THE LION KING $2,160,102
WICKED $1,833,162
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,802,396
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $1,628,150


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($381,334), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($391,944), WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME ($410,927), OKLAHOMA! ($451,274), KING LEAR ($473,262)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

TOOTSIE $442,056
BEETLEJUICE $433,703
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME $134,315
THE BAND'S VISIT $90,452
BEAUTIFUL $16,273


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-297,345), MEAN GIRLS ($-165,384), FROZEN ($-129,664), HADESTOWN ($-119,834), BE MORE CHILL ($-115,674)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $273.92
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $168.57
THE LION KING $159.83
NETWORK $146.10
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD $140.62


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS ($65.79), HILLARY AND CLINTON ($66.68), KING LEAR ($69.90), KING KONG ($74.40), BEETLEJUICE ($77.32)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 117.47%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 107.49%
HAMILTON 106.89%
NETWORK 105.96%
WICKED 103%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS (44%), KING KONG (44.07%), HILLARY AND CLINTON (47.93%), THE PROM (48.28%), THE FERRYMAN (52.54%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.1%
OKLAHOMA! 102.7%
HAMILTON 101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
COME FROM AWAY 101.3%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KING KONG (66.6%), CHICAGO (74.8%), THE FERRYMAN (75.3%), BEAUTIFUL (75.8%), THE PROM (77.8%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

BEETLEJUICE 7203
TOOTSIE 6347
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME 592
THE BAND'S VISIT 372
KING LEAR 173


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KINKY BOOTS (-1544), KING KONG (-1271), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-859), HADESTOWN (-815), MEAN GIRLS (-806)

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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