INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/3
By: BWW Special Coverage Apr. 03, 2017
Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 4/2/2017.
Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles joined the cast of the Broadway smash Waitress on Friday, March 31, setting a new box office record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. On Saturday, April 1, 2017 (evening), Waitress broke the show's own record for the highest gross for a single performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with ticket sales of $180,026.00. The four performances Sara Bareilles played this past weekend were completely sold out at 100.1% capacity for audience and gross sales, with an average ticket price of $163.64.
The new Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! starring Bette Midler has just, in its third week of preview performances, shattered the house record for the highest weekly gross of any show in the history of the Sam S. Shubert Theatre. (The Shubert Theatre was built in 1913.) The record-breaking gross of $1,965,673.00 was achieved in just seven performances over the week ending Sunday, April 2. The previous record, of $1,902,189.44, was set by Matilda over the 9-performance week ending January 1, 2017.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,814,628 |
| THE LION KING | $2,007,559 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,965,673 |
| WICKED | $1,875,410 |
| ALADDIN | $1,535,599 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SIGNIFICANT OTHER ($141,742), IN TRANSIT ($202,911), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($288,593), SWEAT ($312,873), THE GLASS MENAGERIE ($388,274)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| ANASTASIA | $342,476 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $295,187 |
| OSLO | $274,756 |
| MISS SAIGON | $125,766 |
| THE LION KING | $86,933 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-281,068), PARAMOUR ($-83,794), ON YOUR FEET! ($-72,733), KINKY BOOTS ($-59,458), THE GLASS MENAGERIE ($-52,760)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $262.17 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $195.63 |
| SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE | $158.13 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $151.49 |
| THE LION KING | $148.82 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($42.45), IN TRANSIT ($51.44), SIGNIFICANT OTHER ($51.62), THE GLASS MENAGERIE ($68.93), PRESENT LAUGHTER ($69.77)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 120.34% |
| SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE | 109.78% |
| HAMILTON | 106.93% |
| WICKED | 105.37% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 102.78% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SIGNIFICANT OTHER (18.59%), IN TRANSIT (27.64%), ON YOUR FEET! (41.35%), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (43.34%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (43.75%)
Top 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.7% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.6% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 100.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SIGNIFICANT OTHER (45.1%), ON YOUR FEET! (59.5%), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (70.9%), PARAMOUR (72.9%), KINKY BOOTS (73.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| OSLO | 3780 |
| ANASTASIA | 3440 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 1445 |
| PRESENT LAUGHTER | 856 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | 724 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ON YOUR FEET! (-1436), PARAMOUR (-1029), THE GLASS MENAGERIE (-480), WAITRESS (-478), SWEAT (-471)
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