INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/12
Feb. 12, 2018
This week, 24 shows played on Broadway, with 191,186 tickets sold and a total gross of $22,018,580. The average ticket price was $115.17.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -9.00%. Versus last year, attendance was up 6.83%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -11.46% vs. last week and up 10.79% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.17 is down $-3.20 compared to last week and up $4.12 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,062,978 |
| THE LION KING | $1,724,602 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,655,163 |
| WAITRESS | $1,433,902 |
| WICKED | $1,311,395 |
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($237,858), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($397,375), JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART ($400,386), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($461,880), CHICAGO ($485,289)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $273,612 |
| WAITRESS | $259,200 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $142,197 |
| THE LION KING | $57,409 |
| ALADDIN | $15,151 |
HELLO, DOLLY! ($-122,176), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-108,716), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($-76,001), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($-74,203), KINKY BOOTS ($-70,942)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $284.82 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $209.91 |
| WAITRESS | $176.72 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $135.56 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $132.32 |
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($58.59), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($67.98), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($69.63), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($77.00), CHICAGO ($80.59)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WAITRESS | 140.65% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 116.14% |
| HAMILTON | 105.78% |
| THE LION KING | 97.66% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 95.38% |
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (35.1%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (36.55%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (38.31%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (40.62%), KINKY BOOTS (45.56%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 100.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 100.2% |
| THE LION KING | 98.7% |
SCHOOL OF ROCK (56.2%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (59.4%), KINKY BOOTS (62.7%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (65.8%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (68.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 1110 |
| WAITRESS | 817 |
| THE PARISIAN WOMAN | 244 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 148 |
| ALADDIN | 100 |
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1724), WICKED (-1629), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-1208), ANASTASIA (-1136), HELLO, DOLLY! (-1092)
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