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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/10

Sep. 10, 2018
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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 9/9/2018.


This week, 31 shows played on Broadway, with 249,078 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,524,979. The average ticket price was $118.54.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.44%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.71%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.99% vs. last week and up 5.83% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.54 is down $-9.73 compared to last week and up $1.25 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,209,201
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,042,596
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $1,932,670
THE LION KING $1,874,691
FROZEN $1,566,054

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($195,896), HEAD OVER HEELS ($215,899), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($243,681), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($278,953), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($382,324)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

BERNHARDT/HAMLET $124,077
SUMMER $42,439
ANASTASIA $35,980
CHICAGO $3,477
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $2,650

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MEAN GIRLS ($-329,397), FROZEN ($-300,444), THE LION KING ($-235,911), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-217,063), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-177,463)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $509.67
HAMILTON $298.36
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $176.90
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $157.41
THE LION KING $141.27

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($56.66), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($57.92), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.63), HEAD OVER HEELS ($65.17), CAROUSEL ($70.95)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 110.83%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 102.72%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY 101.32%
THE LION KING 98.69%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 96.06%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (20.57%), HEAD OVER HEELS (24.44%), CAROUSEL (33.73%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (37.3%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (41.16%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.9%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.5%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.0%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY 100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (43.0%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (44.3%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (58.7%), KINKY BOOTS (63.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (65.2%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

BERNHARDT/HAMLET 2193
WICKED 1950
SUMMER 341
ANASTASIA 302
CHICAGO 255

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (-1856), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-1261), CAROUSEL (-946), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-767), BEAUTIFUL (-744)

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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