INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/19
By: BWW Special Mar. 19, 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 3/18/2018.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 265,949 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,951,373. The average ticket price was $120.14.
The new musical Mean Girls saw a final weekly gross gross of $1,320,145.85 in its first week on Broadway, over seven completely sold-out performances. Produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures, Mean Girls is now in previews ahead of its Sunday, April 8th opening night at the August Wilson Theatre.
This was up the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 9.03%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.10%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 8.58% vs. last week and up 15.45% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $120.14 is down $-0.50 compared to last week and up $11.81 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,151,020 |
| THE LION KING | $2,025,434 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,924,820 |
| WICKED | $1,877,627 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,715,205 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($361,549), LOBBY HERO ($388,180), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($516,400), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($565,285), THREE TALL WOMEN ($622,411)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WICKED | $304,681 |
| THE LION KING | $250,844 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $249,656 |
| CAROUSEL | $210,216 |
| ALADDIN | $180,452 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-471,195), WAITRESS ($-357,226), ANGELS IN AMERICA ($-199,892), FROZEN ($-97,223), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($-60,032)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $507.60 |
| HAMILTON | $292.93 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $214.51 |
| THE LION KING | $149.27 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $138.28 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($55.28), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.38), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($67.17), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($83.94), BEAUTIFUL ($84.73)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 120.35% |
| HAMILTON | 108.82% |
| WICKED | 105.49% |
| THE LION KING | 101.17% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 100.91% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (32.25%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (49.63%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (53.35%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (58.3%), BEAUTIFUL (58.85%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.5% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.1% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| ANASTASIA | 100.4% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (77.7%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (78.6%), KINKY BOOTS (81.4%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (81.4%), FARINELLI AND THE KING (83.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| CAROUSEL | 2256 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 1815 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | 1586 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 1529 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | 1428 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANGELS IN AMERICA (-1518), SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), THE LION KING (-2),
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