INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/3
By: BWW Special Dec. 03, 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 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..
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