INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/5
By: BWW Special Sep. 05, 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 9/3/2017.
This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 237,871 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,899,476. The average ticket price was $117.29.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.40%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.85%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 4.97% vs. last week and up 20.08% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $117.29 is up $2.87 compared to last week and up $13.90 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,987,202 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,273,240 |
| THE LION KING | $1,999,796 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,683,308 |
| WICKED | $1,674,670 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($253,624), 1984 ($291,069), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($304,916), PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($356,776), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($376,044)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | $208,948 |
| BEAUTIFUL | $134,615 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $122,030 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | $120,174 |
| WAITRESS | $97,898 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-53,503), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($-49,019), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($-9,756), CATS ($5,086), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($5,587)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $277.78 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $211.29 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $195.36 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $153.45 |
| THE LION KING | $147.37 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($59.33), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($60.75), 1984 ($62.31), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($68.14), WAR PAINT ($69.13)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 124.22% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 122.19% |
| HAMILTON | 113.76% |
| NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | 110.18% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 104.24% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (36.08%), 1984 (37.57%), WAR PAINT (44.85%), CATS (44.95%), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (44.96%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.4% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.2% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 100.6% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
1984 (60.2%), MISS SAIGON (65.2%), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 (67.3%), CATS (68.5%), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (72.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 1114 |
| GROUNDHOG DAY | 1079 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 1070 |
| MISS SAIGON | 978 |
| CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | 872 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (-558), PRINCE OF BROADWAY (-364), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-83), HAMILTON (-4),
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