INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/12; Pre-Tonys Edition
By: BWW Special Coverage Jun. 12, 2017
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 6/11/2017.
This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 295,956 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,128,420. The average ticket price was $115.32.
This was up number of shows as last week and the same number of shows vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 3.93%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.33%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.07% vs. last week and up 19.84% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.32 is up $0.16 compared to last week and up $13.97 compared to last year.
Once again, WAITRESS has set a new record for the highest grossing eight (8) performance week at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with a final gross of $1,385,059.30 for the week ending June 11, 2017. This breaks the previous record set in the week ending April 16, 2017. As Sara Bareilles wraps up her engagement as Jenna in WAITRESS, also broke the record for the highest gross for a single performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with a gross of $194,894.00 on the evening performance of Saturday, June 10, 2017. Betsy Wolfe begins performances in the role of Jenna in the musical on Tuesday, June 13.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,741,983 |
| THE LION KING | $2,096,787 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,022,026 |
| WICKED | $1,929,353 |
| ALADDIN | $1,570,729 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION ($271,320), INDECENT ($277,395), 1984 ($288,446), SWEAT ($302,039), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($366,882)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $118,653 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $101,383 |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $88,980 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $84,412 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $82,362 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-312,927), PRESENT LAUGHTER ($-29,966), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-4,960), WAR PAINT ($-1,833), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-556)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $255.42 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $196.75 |
| WAITRESS | $163.80 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $157.00 |
| THE LION KING | $154.52 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
1984 ($51.93), INDECENT ($56.39), SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION ($69.69), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($71.48), SWEAT ($75.74)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WAITRESS | 135.86% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 123.22% |
| HAMILTON | 114.67% |
| WICKED | 108.4% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 106.04% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (29.12%), INDECENT (30.05%), 1984 (37.23%), ON YOUR FEET! (42.32%), SWEAT (46.41%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 101.5% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.1% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (46.3%), INDECENT (57.3%), ON YOUR FEET! (62.8%), PRESENT LAUGHTER (70.0%), 1984 (71.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 969 |
| SUNSET BOULEVARD | 817 |
| MISS SAIGON | 703 |
| CHICAGO | 652 |
| BANDSTAND | 649 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WAR PAINT (-301), THE LITTLE FOXES (-48), NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (-47), DEAR EVAN HANSEN (-33), HAMILTON (-19)
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