INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/7
By: BWW Special Jan. 07, 2019
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 1/6/2019.
This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 300,562 tickets sold and a total gross of $37,530,273. The average ticket price was $124.87.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 7 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -20.68%. Versus last year, attendance was up 17.78%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -35.08% vs. last week and up 16.53% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.87 is down $-27.70 compared to last week and down $-1.34 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,344,261 |
| THE LION KING | $2,468,269 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,251,788 |
| WICKED | $2,040,256 |
| FROZEN | $1,675,854 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHOIR BOY ($239,474), TORCH SONG ($276,173), HEAD OVER HEELS ($342,866), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($345,186), THE NEW ONE ($353,462)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TRUE WEST | $139,279 |
| TORCH SONG | $31,577 |
| CHOIR BOY | $-19,280 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | $-30,574 |
| HEAD OVER HEELS | $-40,334 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-1,371,563), THE LION KING ($-1,228,705), KING KONG ($-1,047,830), ALADDIN ($-950,546), FROZEN ($-948,642)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $310.89 |
| THE LION KING | $183.95 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $181.95 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $173.53 |
| NETWORK | $148.53 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHOIR BOY ($49.09), HEAD OVER HEELS ($58.03), THE NEW ONE ($68.73), TORCH SONG ($69.04), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($70.95)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WICKED | 114.63% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 114.37% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 113.24% |
| HAMILTON | 113.2% |
| FROZEN | 111.63% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE NEW ONE (36.35%), CHOIR BOY (38.12%), HEAD OVER HEELS (38.81%), TORCH SONG (42.57%), THE WAVERLY GALLERY (51.97%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 103.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.1% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE NEW ONE (59.9%), KING KONG (65.8%), WAITRESS (65.9%), KINKY BOOTS (70.7%), CHICAGO (79.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TRUE WEST | 1965 |
| TORCH SONG | 691 |
| CHOIR BOY | 450 |
| THE CHER SHOW | 350 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 36 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KING KONG (-6878), KINKY BOOTS (-3516), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-3426), WAITRESS (-3017), THE BAND'S VISIT (-2982)
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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