INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/18
By: BWW Special Jun. 18, 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 6/17/2018.
Edward Albee's Three Tall Women broke the house record of the Golden Theatre last week for the fourth time. The production, winner of two Tony Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Play (Glenda Jackson) and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Laurie Metcalf), grossed $1,077,919 in the 787-seat Golden Theatre for the week ending 6/17/18, breaking its own record of $994,258 for the week ending 6/10/18. The production's run ends this week on Sunday, June 24, and will play nine shows this week, including an added Sunday night performance at 7:00 PM.
Mean Girls has also once again broken the August Wilson Theatre box office record for an eight performance week, grossing $1,572,995.95 for the week ending June 17, 2018. A new block of tickets has been released for performances through Sunday, July 7, 2019 with group bookings open through November 24, 2019. This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 298,431 tickets sold and a total gross of $39,653,552. The average ticket price was $132.87.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -1.45%. Versus last year, attendance was up 0.84%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 1.13% vs. last week and up 16.19% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $132.87 is up $3.38 compared to last week and up $17.56 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,131,174 |
| THE LION KING | $2,285,109 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,277,446 |
| WICKED | $1,945,441 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,930,270 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($379,797), TRAVESTIES ($526,489), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($528,670), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($599,470), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($617,297)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $284,133 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $176,187 |
| THE BAND'S VISIT | $119,202 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $83,661 |
| THE LION KING | $81,175 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-471,833), SUMMER ($-84,478), THE ICEMAN COMETH ($-32,303), CHICAGO ($-31,393), CAROUSEL ($-18,087)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $509.04 |
| HAMILTON | $291.16 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $215.92 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $175.51 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $171.15 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($67.08), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($77.26), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.10), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($84.50), KINKY BOOTS ($86.24)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 121.15% |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | 115.6% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 114.53% |
| WICKED | 109.3% |
| HAMILTON | 108.13% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (30.16%), KINKY BOOTS (51.43%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (56.04%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (65.08%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (66.73%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.3% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 102.5% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (52.6%), KINKY BOOTS (67.7%), SUMMER (80.8%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (82.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (84.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | 473 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 449 |
| TRAVESTIES | 413 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 392 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | 367 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), SUMMER (-839), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-531), CHICAGO (-388), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-184)
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