INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/5
By: BWW Special Feb. 05, 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 2/4/2018.
This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 210,097 tickets sold and a total gross of $24,869,635. The average ticket price was $118.37.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -5.25%. Versus last year, attendance was up 8.89%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.64% vs. last week and up 17.99% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.37 is down $-5.75 compared to last week and up $9.13 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,789,366 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,408,900 |
| THE LION KING | $1,667,193 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,663,825 |
| WICKED | $1,369,479 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE CHILDREN ($273,595), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($295,911), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($400,167), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($405,364), CHICAGO ($514,131)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $6,195 |
| THE CHILDREN | $930 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $-1,500 |
| LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS | $-7,280 |
| John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART | $-28,270 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-451,776), HAMILTON ($-297,170), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-184,960), HELLO, DOLLY! ($-159,712), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($-159,656)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.21 |
| HAMILTON | $259.81 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $209.10 |
| WAITRESS | $160.98 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $133.04 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CHILDREN ($59.96), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.95), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($67.16), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($73.25), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($73.93)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 116.75% |
| WAITRESS | 115.23% |
| HAMILTON | 106.03% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.03% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 95.38% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE PARISIAN WOMAN (38.58%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (39.48%), THE CHILDREN (39.76%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (43.66%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (46.17%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.5% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.1% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 100.3% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (63.3%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (66.7%), KINKY BOOTS (68.9%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (69.9%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (75.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE CHILDREN | 203 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1147), WAITRESS (-1107), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-1086), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-1063), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-768)
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