INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/2
By: BWW Special Apr. 02, 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 4/1/2018.
In its first full week of performances since opening on Broadway on March 22, Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musical Frozen broke the house record at the St. James Theatre for the week ending April 1 with a gross of $2,246,997.50 on eight performances. This marks the first time a production has broken the eight-performance house record of $1,600,243.00 established by the smash hit The Producers over 14 years ago for the week ending January 4, 2004. Prior to last week, the only other production to break that record was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which set a new house record at the St. James with a gross of $1,645,221.00 for the week ending December 23, 2007, a week in which that production played 15 performances.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child grossed $1,589,033 for the six performance week ending April 1, 2018 at the Lyric Theatre. It's important to note that at every performance of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child there are 300 seats priced at $40 or less per part, with 150 of these seats priced at $20 per part.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 9.13%. Versus last year, attendance was up 10.32%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 18.64% vs. last week and up 29.47% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $131.46 is up $10.54 compared to last week and up $19.45 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $3,092,152 |
| HAMILTON | $2,882,014 |
| WICKED | $2,723,040 |
| FROZEN | $2,246,998 |
| ALADDIN | $2,110,432 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($363,848), LOBBY HERO ($409,431), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($431,330), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($594,646), THREE TALL WOMEN ($599,626)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $1,020,633 |
| WICKED | $907,401 |
| FROZEN | $804,202 |
| ALADDIN | $665,363 |
| THE ICEMAN COMETH | $576,445 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-481,315), HAMILTON ($-200,515), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($-108,140), ROCKTOPIA ($-51,751), CAROUSEL ($-5,434)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $507.86 |
| HAMILTON | $268.47 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $218.29 |
| THE LION KING | $202.55 |
| FROZEN | $167.40 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($57.30), ROCKTOPIA ($66.26), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($69.61), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($76.42), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($84.20)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WICKED | 135.99% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 122.4% |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 118.33% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 114.28% |
| HAMILTON | 109.55% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (34.27%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (36.62%), ROCKTOPIA (50.78%), BEAUTIFUL (62.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (63.65%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 104.4% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| ANASTASIA | 101.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (60.4%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (79.1%), ROCKTOPIA (81.9%), CAROUSEL (88.1%), THE BAND'S VISIT (89.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE ICEMAN COMETH | 4227 |
| ALADDIN | 2171 |
| THE LION KING | 2120 |
| WICKED | 2056 |
| CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | 2008 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), ROCKTOPIA (-825), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-361), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-104), ANGELS IN AMERICA (-65)
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