INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/16
By: BWW Special Oct. 16, 2018
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 10/14/2018.
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 262,241 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,387,818. The average ticket price was $127.32.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 5.21%. Versus last year, attendance was up 11.90%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.02% vs. last week and up 10.41% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $127.32 is down $-6.61 compared to last week and down $-1.72 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,245,544 |
| THE LION KING | $2,156,939 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,054,500 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,929,795 |
| WICKED | $1,649,536 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($204,866), HEAD OVER HEELS ($219,035), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($300,432), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($366,680), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($379,302)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| KING KONG | $467,670 |
| AMERICAN SON | $310,127 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $121,820 |
| SUMMER | $113,989 |
| ANASTASIA | $65,194 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-480,733), WICKED ($-124,140), THE LION KING ($-120,223), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-108,754), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-73,345)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.91 |
| HAMILTON | $301.77 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $189.66 |
| THE LION KING | $160.64 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $158.33 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NAP ($55.03), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.75), HEAD OVER HEELS ($69.67), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($75.83), KING KONG ($79.84)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 112.08% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 112.05% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 104.33% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.32% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.17% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (24.79%), THE NAP (31.69%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (44.33%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (46.55%), SUMMER (47.46%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.7% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| KING KONG | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (40.8%), SUMMER (62.2%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (64.3%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (67.9%), KINKY BOOTS (69.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| KING KONG | 6956 |
| AMERICAN SON | 3376 |
| SUMMER | 1237 |
| ANASTASIA | 1144 |
| THE FERRYMAN | 878 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-664), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-521), THE BAND'S VISIT (-370), WICKED (-281)
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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