INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/9; HARRY POTTER Becomes Highest Grossing Play in Broadway History
By: BWW Special Apr. 09, 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 4/8/2018.
Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musical Frozen broke the house record at the St. James Theatre for the second week in a row for the week ending April 8 with a gross of $2,275,395.00 on eight performances.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child set a Broadway Box Office record in previews with $2,138,859 gross for the week ending April 8, 2018. Even with 300 seats at every performance selling for $40 or less, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre became the top grossing play in Broadway history, selling $2,138,859 for the week ending April 8, 2018 (on a full 8-performance schedule). This shatters the previous record held by All the Way, which grossed $1,623,495 in June, 2014 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
For the week ending 4/8/18, Three Tall Women was up over $180,000 on the previous week, with a gross of $779,655.72, and playing to 100% capacity at the 787-seat Golden 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 2.61%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.38%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 1.38% vs. last week and up 23.66% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $129.89 is down $-1.58 compared to last week and up $19.20 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,142,588 |
| THE LION KING | $2,507,181 |
| WICKED | $2,390,664 |
| FROZEN | $2,275,395 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,138,859 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
TRAVESTIES ($289,614), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($375,274), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($446,582), LOBBY HERO ($472,563), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($560,959)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $549,826 |
| SUMMER | $324,314 |
| HAMILTON | $260,574 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | $200,653 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $180,030 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-584,971), WICKED ($-332,376), ALADDIN ($-298,793), MEAN GIRLS ($-292,508), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-143,614)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $509.62 |
| HAMILTON | $292.06 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $224.53 |
| THE LION KING | $185.02 |
| FROZEN | $169.17 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($53.87), TRAVESTIES ($68.92), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($71.66), ROCKTOPIA ($75.79), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($86.10)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WICKED | 134.32% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 125.85% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 115.37% |
| THE LION KING | 114.38% |
| HAMILTON | 108.53% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (37.77%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (45.72%), TRAVESTIES (50.52%), ROCKTOPIA (57.61%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (65.9%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.5% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 100.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (71.1%), ROCKTOPIA (81.2%), TRAVESTIES (82.6%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (86.7%), SUMMER (87.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SUMMER | 3601 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 3244 |
| TRAVESTIES | 1734 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | 1393 |
| CAROUSEL | 1252 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1791), ALADDIN (-1750), THE LION KING (-1715), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-540), BEAUTIFUL (-496)
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