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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/22

By: Jan. 22, 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 1/21/2018.

This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 217,004 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,684,234. The average ticket price was $127.57.

Kudos to Sara Bareilles who returned to Waitress this week joining Jason Mraz (who was already selling extremely well!) Waitress has once again set a new record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. For the week ending January 21, 2108, WAITRESS grossed a total of $1,608,291.60, this is a new House Record for the highest grossing week ever at the Brooks.

This new gross breaks the house record previously set by Waitress for the highest grossing week ever posted on the week ending January 1, 2017 ($1,452,079.60); please note that was a nine performance week, compared to just eight this week.

In addition, this week the show also broke the record for the highest gross for a single performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with Waitress grossing $217,571.00 on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 8:00pm

For three days in a row, Waitress topped the ticket sales record for a single performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Saturday, January 20 the performance sales were $217,571 following Friday at $210,340 and Thursday at $205,210.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -12.78%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.73%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -15.98% vs. last week and up 7.00% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $127.57 is down $-4.86 compared to last week and up $12.80 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,096,068
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $2,407,328
THE LION KING $1,852,483
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,707,785
WAITRESS $1,608,292


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE CHILDREN ($276,407), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($338,041), HELLO, DOLLY! ($372,200), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($381,992), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($471,454)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WAITRESS $544,548
John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART $74,712
THE PARISIAN WOMAN $8,817
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $2,172
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS $176


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HELLO, DOLLY! ($-2,064,008), ALADDIN ($-160,789), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-151,971), THE BAND'S VISIT ($-131,801), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($-115,867)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $507.88
HAMILTON $287.93
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $213.87
WAITRESS $186.32
METEOR SHOWER $145.93


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CHILDREN ($64.36), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($66.00), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($71.28), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($75.67), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($76.27)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

WAITRESS 157.76%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 119.83%
HAMILTON 106.92%
THE LION KING 101.38%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY 100.97%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE CHILDREN (40.17%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (45.45%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (46.46%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (49.88%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (53.88%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

WAITRESS 103.3%
HAMILTON 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.4%
METEOR SHOWER 100.9%
COME FROM AWAY 100.7%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (65.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (75.0%), KINKY BOOTS (75.1%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (77.8%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (79.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

WICKED 1373
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 624
WAITRESS 593
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS 203
BEAUTIFUL 104


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HELLO, DOLLY! (-7392), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-976), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-963), KINKY BOOTS (-471), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-438)

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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