INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/22
Oct. 22, 2018
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 269,065 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,344,693. The average ticket price was $127.64.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.60%. Versus last year, attendance was up 11.38%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 2.87% vs. last week and up 14.76% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $127.64 is up $0.33 compared to last week and up $3.75 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,248,164 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,414,700 |
| THE LION KING | $2,216,979 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,090,857 |
| WICKED | $1,704,955 |
THE NAP ($210,366), HEAD OVER HEELS ($251,815), TORCH SONG ($258,730), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($322,549), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($393,430)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $484,905 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $71,965 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $61,791 |
| THE LION KING | $60,040 |
| WICKED | $55,419 |
KING KONG ($-158,838), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-53,237), MEAN GIRLS ($-13,250), THE FERRYMAN ($-11,457), SUMMER ($-7,330)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $509.43 |
| HAMILTON | $301.99 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $192.90 |
| THE LION KING | $163.93 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $161.13 |
THE NAP ($59.12), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.39), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($64.75), HEAD OVER HEELS ($65.44), TORCH SONG ($67.22)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 113.91% |
| HAMILTON | 112.17% |
| THE LION KING | 105.75% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 105.15% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 103.33% |
HEAD OVER HEELS (28.5%), THE NAP (32.54%), TORCH SONG (39.88%), SUMMER (46.96%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (47.6%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 104.0% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100.0% |
HEAD OVER HEELS (49.9%), SUMMER (59.0%), THE NAP (69.2%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (71.3%), KINKY BOOTS (72.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE FERRYMAN | 1312 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | 1074 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | 1018 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 857 |
KING KONG (-1900), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-500), SUMMER (-376), THE NAP (-165), MEAN GIRLS (-73) 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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