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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/23
By: BWW Special Jul. 23, 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 7/22/2018.
This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 281,446 tickets sold and a total gross of $36,855,921. The average ticket price was $130.95.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.35%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.69%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.27% vs. last week and up 15.46% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $130.95 is down $-2.15 compared to last week and up $12.22 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,143,813 |
| THE LION KING | $2,488,032 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO |
$2,225,761 |
| FROZEN | $2,103,866 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,062,015 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($284,400), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($336,876), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($344,449), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($563,828), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($667,360)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,087,790 |
| ALADDIN | $176,472 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $127,326 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $117,379 |
| WICKED | $94,123 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-1,446,033), THE LION KING ($-233,954), CAROUSEL ($-90,528), HEAD OVER HEELS ($-22,526), COME FROM AWAY ($-18,292)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.79 |
| HAMILTON | $292.34 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $206.86 |
| THE LION KING | $184.03 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $182.84 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HEAD OVER HEELS ($46.80), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.62), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($74.02), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.39), CHICAGO ($85.86)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 116.05% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO |
111.93% |
| WICKED | 110.05% |
| HAMILTON | 108.57% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 107.85% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (32.66%), CAROUSEL (47.79%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (50.83%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (52.78%), SUMMER (54.96%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.7% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 102.2% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SUMMER (65.9%), KINKY BOOTS (72.7%), CAROUSEL (77.6%), HEAD OVER HEELS (80.1%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (80.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| ALADDIN | 1759 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 1070 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 937 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 853 |
| ANASTASIA | 810 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-2845), THE LION KING (-1625), CAROUSEL (-222), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-70), HEAD OVER HEELS (-55)
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