INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/20
Aug. 20, 2018
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 264,673 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,465,012. The average ticket price was $134.00.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -4.72%. Versus last year, attendance was up 1.62%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -4.89% vs. last week and up 17.00% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $134.00 is down $-0.24 compared to last week and up $17.61 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,115,391 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,406,003 |
| THE LION KING | $2,340,017 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,245,282 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,147,856 |
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($175,334), HEAD OVER HEELS ($261,546), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($327,158), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($345,088), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($457,570)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $474,558 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $54,469 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $41,552 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $24,250 |
| CHICAGO | $13,560 |
WICKED ($-139,584), ALADDIN ($-134,773), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($-118,512), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-108,142), ANASTASIA ($-91,959)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.78 |
| HAMILTON | $289.72 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $200.18 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $183.33 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $173.03 |
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($36.00), HEAD OVER HEELS ($62.87), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.93), CAROUSEL ($75.85), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.37)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 112.92% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 112.34% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 112.3% |
| HAMILTON | 107.59% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 107.34% |
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (22.52%), HEAD OVER HEELS (29.6%), CAROUSEL (37.39%), SUMMER (47.28%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (48.28%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 101.3% |
HEAD OVER HEELS (54.0%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (63.8%), KINKY BOOTS (63.9%), SUMMER (64.0%), CAROUSEL (70.0%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 937 |
| MY FAIR LADY | 191 |
| CHICAGO | 155 |
| SUMMER | 93 |
| PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | 88 |
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (-2326), WICKED (-885), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-824), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-593), KINKY BOOTS (-563) That's all for this week... Note: All data presented for informational purposes only. BroadwayWorld.com makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of the data, or the matter in which it's presented. Source: The Broadway League..
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