INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/5
By: BWW Special Mar. 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 3/4/2018.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 224,980 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,316,326. The average ticket price was $116.97.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.00%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.17%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -2.71% vs. last week and up 3.54% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $116.97 is up $0.35 compared to last week and up $4.19 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,070,115 |
| THE LION KING | $1,797,325 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,620,676 |
| WICKED | $1,375,941 |
| ALADDIN | $1,236,990 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($249,414), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($383,885), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($419,609), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($492,931), CHICAGO ($521,522)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | $309,242 |
| FROZEN | $56,695 |
| John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART | $31,672 |
| HAMILTON | $-26,269 |
| THE PARISIAN WOMAN | $-47,273 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-368,406), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-338,248), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-306,620), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($-292,422), ANASTASIA ($-233,295)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $285.46 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $203.37 |
| WAITRESS | $140.36 |
| THE LION KING | $134.53 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $131.15 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($55.90), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($67.11), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($76.05), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($76.46), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($79.57)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 116.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 113.72% |
| FROZEN | 99.06% |
| THE LION KING | 95.03% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 91.19% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (36.8%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (37.01%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (38.71%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (39.06%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (39.36%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.4% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.2% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 100.5% |
| FROZEN | 100.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (56.8%), KINKY BOOTS (63.5%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (64.1%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (64.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (65.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | 2389 |
| FROZEN | 1680 |
| John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART | 401 |
| HAMILTON | 3 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SCHOOL OF ROCK (-2833), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2555), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-2541), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-1528), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-1405)
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