INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/3

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 12/2/2018.

This week, 38 shows played on Broadway, with 299,411 tickets sold and a total gross of $37,805,785. The average ticket price was $126.27.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 7 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.06%. Versus last year, attendance was up 13.01%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -12.17% vs. last week and down -3.26% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $126.27 is down $-17.58 compared to last week and down $-21.23 compared to last year.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON	$2,947,169
THE LION KING	$2,198,618
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$2,024,213
WICKED	$1,874,882
FROZEN	$1,850,445

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($160,863), TORCH SONG ($220,459), THE NEW ONE ($247,549), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($283,366), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($361,135)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

BEAUTIFUL	$133,096
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL	$100,498
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	$75,994
AMERICAN SON	$58,970
SUMMER	$48,823

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-861,130), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-622,687), WICKED ($-603,097), THE LION KING ($-577,610), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-550,986)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON	$274.54
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$183.45
THE LION KING	$162.06
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	$156.00
MY FAIR LADY	$146.01

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NEW ONE ($54.17), HEAD OVER HEELS ($60.61), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.50), TORCH SONG ($72.50), THE PROM ($83.81)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON	112.03%
WICKED	105.34%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	103.64%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO	101.8%
NETWORK	100.73%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (18.21%), THE NEW ONE (25.19%), TORCH SONG (33.98%), SUMMER (35.14%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (41.81%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON	102.9%
HAMILTON	101.6%
COME FROM AWAY	101.6%
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	100.6%
NETWORK	100.2%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (34.4%), SUMMER (48.6%), THE NEW ONE (53.2%), TORCH SONG (65.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (66.4%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS	2646
THE CHER SHOW	2148
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD	1440
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL	998
BEAUTIFUL	861

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SCHOOL OF ROCK (-4130), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2096), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-1293), TORCH SONG (-1280), CHICAGO (-1035)

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..