INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/5
By: BWW Special Nov. 05, 2018
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 11/4/2018.
This week, 37 shows played on Broadway, with 279,469 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,078,712. The average ticket price was $118.36.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 9 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.45%. Versus last year, attendance was up 20.89%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.17% vs. last week and up 15.54% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.36 is down $-3.10 compared to last week and down $-5.48 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,824,675 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,424,880 |
| THE LION KING | $2,090,669 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,054,953 |
| WICKED | $1,676,014 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($176,182), HEAD OVER HEELS ($185,776), THE NEW ONE ($191,614), TORCH SONG ($213,343), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($226,491)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $486,885 |
| WICKED | $130,984 |
| ANASTASIA | $126,960 |
| THE NEW ONE | $67,493 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $28,933 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FROZEN ($-254,767), MY FAIR LADY ($-202,468), THE BAND'S VISIT ($-123,955), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL ($-122,987), HAMILTON ($-120,940)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $511.58 |
| HAMILTON | $263.15 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $176.43 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $158.37 |
| THE LION KING | $154.44 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NEW ONE ($38.78), TORCH SONG ($48.63), THE PROM ($48.79), THE NAP ($48.80), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($57.21)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 107.04% |
| THE LION KING | 106.19% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 104.12% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.34% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.7% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (21.03%), THE NEW ONE (21.28%), THE NAP (27.25%), TORCH SONG (32.89%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (33.42%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.5% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (38.4%), SUMMER (55.0%), THE NEW ONE (57.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (57.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (65.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE NEW ONE | 2360 |
| ANASTASIA | 1084 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
| AMERICAN SON | 624 |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 394 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE WAVERLY GALLERY (-805), KINKY BOOTS (-803), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-785), THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (-762), THE BAND'S VISIT (-590)
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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