INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/28
By: BWW Special Aug. 28, 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 8/27/2017.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 232,301 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,578,507. The average ticket price was $114.41.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -5.98%. Versus last year, attendance was up 10.71%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.31% vs. last week and up 23.65% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $114.41 is down $-1.64 compared to last week and up $11.97 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,964,052 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,198,977 |
| THE LION KING | $2,053,299 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,649,281 |
| WICKED | $1,608,955 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($198,211), MARVIN'S ROOM ($209,431), 1984 ($267,344), PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($305,108), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($328,979)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $85,853 |
| BANDSTAND | $53,304 |
| MARVIN'S ROOM | $16,401 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $9,493 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | $6,893 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-183,619), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-121,954), THE LION KING ($-94,349), CATS ($-92,443), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-87,174)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $275.52 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $207.54 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $190.24 |
| THE LION KING | $153.12 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $149.24 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($51.93), MARVIN'S ROOM ($53.87), 1984 ($59.53), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($62.13), PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($63.75)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 120.16% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 119.72% |
| HAMILTON | 112.88% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 100.98% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 98.94% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (28.2%), MARVIN'S ROOM (31.38%), 1984 (34.5%), WAR PAINT (40.45%), MISS SAIGON (42.08%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.0% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 99.9% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
MISS SAIGON (56.9%), 1984 (57.9%), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (61.6%), MARVIN'S ROOM (66.2%), CATS (67.5%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| BANDSTAND | 565 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | 446 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 351 |
| WAR PAINT | 292 |
| WAITRESS | 265 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1055), CATS (-885), WICKED (-813), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (-634), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-617)
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