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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/1

Oct. 01, 2018
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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 9/30/2018.


This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 233,389 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,521,717. The average ticket price was $126.49.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 4.45%. Versus last year, attendance was up 13.07%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 12.21% vs. last week and up 23.05% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $126.49 is up $8.74 compared to last week and up $10.26 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,246,831
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,006,719
THE LION KING $1,990,243
FROZEN $1,569,171
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,458,928

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($180,313), HEAD OVER HEELS ($250,249), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($263,008), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($280,542), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($373,077)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $453,165
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT $260,598
ANASTASIA $151,436
BEAUTIFUL $60,421
THE BAND'S VISIT $53,157

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MY FAIR LADY ($-61,955), THE LION KING ($-56,735), FROZEN ($-55,145), MEAN GIRLS ($-36,649), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($-28,332)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $301.89
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $182.64
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $154.65
THE LION KING $146.66
MY FAIR LADY $142.55

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NAP ($40.22), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($55.45), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($59.05), HEAD OVER HEELS ($69.55), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($74.77)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 112.13%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 102.37%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.92%
COME FROM AWAY 98.29%
THE LION KING 97.63%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (28.32%), THE NAP (29.08%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (38.81%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (39.59%), SUMMER (45.68%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.8%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (46.7%), SUMMER (58.0%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (62.7%), KINKY BOOTS (66.1%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (69.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT 2228
ANASTASIA 1423
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 834
WAITRESS 626
BEAUTIFUL 284

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SCHOOL OF ROCK (-1280), BERNHARDT/HAMLET (-722), FROZEN (-472), ALADDIN (-402), MY FAIR LADY (-321)

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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