INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/24
Sep. 24, 2018
This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 223,438 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,309,336. The average ticket price was $117.75.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -12.81%. Versus last year, attendance was down -6.17%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.56% vs. last week and down -1.14% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $117.75 is up $5.47 compared to last week and up $5.99 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,237,826 |
| THE LION KING | $2,046,978 |
| FROZEN | $1,624,316 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,553,554 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,444,251 |
THE NAP ($161,178), HEAD OVER HEELS ($211,156), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($266,179), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($308,873), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($389,854)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $121,025 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $108,958 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $42,336 |
| HAMILTON | $36,328 |
| ALADDIN | $32,723 |
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-450,452), WICKED ($-148,636), ANASTASIA ($-143,958), SUMMER ($-134,895), KINKY BOOTS ($-99,920)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $301.05 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $182.96 |
| THE LION KING | $150.89 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $144.56 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $136.47 |
THE NAP ($34.07), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($55.32), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($56.44), HEAD OVER HEELS ($61.13), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($62.63)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 111.82% |
| THE LION KING | 105.25% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 102.89% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.34% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 97.73% |
THE NAP (23.21%), HEAD OVER HEELS (23.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (38.71%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (39.28%), SUMMER (47.08%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 100.3% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100.0% |
HEAD OVER HEELS (44.8%), SUMMER (59.4%), KINKY BOOTS (68.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (70.4%), WAITRESS (71.0%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 1404 |
| THE NAP | 769 |
| BERNHARDT/HAMLET | 552 |
| FROZEN | 318 |
| ALADDIN | 292 |
WICKED (-3648), SUMMER (-2133), ANASTASIA (-1641), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1296), WAITRESS (-1208) 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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