INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/17; Broadway Bumps Up
By: BWW Special Coverage Jul. 17, 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 7/16/2017.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 268,850 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,921,295. The average ticket price was $118.73.
This was the same 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 4.95%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.32%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 9.76% vs. last week and up 17.68% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.73 is up $5.20 compared to last week and up $13.48 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,019,947 |
| THE LION KING | $2,511,628 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,232,162 |
| WICKED | $1,900,445 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,664,265 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MARVIN'S ROOM ($227,422), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($381,420), 1984 ($382,755), INDECENT ($389,688), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($557,757)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,509,588 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $266,706 |
| THE LION KING | $248,912 |
| OSLO | $229,054 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $118,159 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
GROUNDHOG DAY ($-97,247), MISS SAIGON ($-62,163), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-61,032), HAMILTON ($-41,061), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-38,086)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $280.79 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $208.84 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $190.69 |
| THE LION KING | $164.58 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $148.66 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
MARVIN'S ROOM ($55.97), INDECENT ($62.76), 1984 ($65.64), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($68.99), ON YOUR FEET! ($80.94)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 121.97% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 121.01% |
| HAMILTON | 114.84% |
| KINKY BOOTS | 110.77% |
| WICKED | 106.78% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
MARVIN'S ROOM (34.08%), INDECENT (42.21%), ON YOUR FEET! (44.83%), MISS SAIGON (47.51%), 1984 (49.4%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.3% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 101.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ON YOUR FEET! (66.1%), MARVIN'S ROOM (69.2%), MISS SAIGON (69.7%), INDECENT (72.3%), 1984 (75.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 2825 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 2136 |
| THE LION KING | 1742 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 1122 |
| CATS | 777 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MISS SAIGON (-827), GROUNDHOG DAY (-464), CHICAGO (-263), WICKED (-165), 1984 (-32)
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