INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/9
By: BWW Special Oct. 09, 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 10/7/2018.
This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 249,245 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,381,111. The average ticket price was $133.93.
Note - Mean Girls celebrated "Mean Girls Day" this past Wednesday, October 3rd with a special free fan performance for lottery winners. The week ending October 7 saw Mean Girls grossing $1,341,523.00 over seven paid performances and one comped performance.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 8 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 6.79%. Versus last year, attendance was up 25.57%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 13.07% vs. last week and up 43.84% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $133.93 is up $7.44 compared to last week and up $17.01 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,227,193 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,410,528 |
| THE LION KING | $2,277,162 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,101,243 |
| WICKED | $1,773,676 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($227,084), THE NAP ($228,087), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($298,898), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($361,162), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($365,371)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $482,908 |
| WICKED | $438,452 |
| THE LION KING | $286,919 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $180,695 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $173,823 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SUMMER ($-88,094), ANASTASIA ($-60,014), HEAD OVER HEELS ($-23,165), HAMILTON ($-19,638), FROZEN ($31,829)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.55 |
| HAMILTON | $299.98 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $188.24 |
| THE LION KING | $167.78 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $161.93 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NAP ($60.18), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($60.76), HEAD OVER HEELS ($70.54), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($70.79), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($80.20)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 111.45% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 111.33% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 105.67% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.83% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.1% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (25.7%), THE NAP (35.28%), SUMMER (39.63%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (44.11%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (51.63%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 104.1% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (41.8%), SUMMER (51.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (68.6%), KINKY BOOTS (71.8%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (72.0%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| WICKED | 2166 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 985 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | 894 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 710 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANASTASIA (-1458), SUMMER (-735), THE NAP (-693), HEAD OVER HEELS (-379), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (-282)
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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