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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/2

By: Jul. 02, 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 7/1/2018.


This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 291,188 tickets sold and a total gross of $38,126,489. The average ticket price was $130.93.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -1.97%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.30%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -5.36% vs. last week and up 8.09% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $130.93 is down $-4.70 compared to last week and up $13.79 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,119,095
THE LION KING $2,331,687
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,242,920
FROZEN $2,012,041
WICKED $1,963,807


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($348,117), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($349,077), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($543,182), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($595,727), CHICAGO ($637,079)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HEAD OVER HEELS $280,073
FROZEN $97,511
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE $88,930
ANGELS IN AMERICA $42,198
THE ICEMAN COMETH $40,255


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-482,073), CAROUSEL ($-194,722), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-91,112), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($-90,688), SUMMER ($-83,049)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $508.70
HAMILTON $289.99
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $211.11
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $172.85
THE LION KING $171.84


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HEAD OVER HEELS ($54.89), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($66.49), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($78.55), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.75), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($83.72)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

DEAR EVAN HANSEN 118.33%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 112.8%
WICKED 110.34%
THE LION KING 109.67%
THE BAND'S VISIT 108.55%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (37.48%), HEAD OVER HEELS (39.98%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (51.51%), KINKY BOOTS (52.26%), CAROUSEL (56.21%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.9%
THE BOYS IN THE BAND 102.3%
COME FROM AWAY 102.0%
HAMILTON 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (64.3%), KINKY BOOTS (68.3%), SUMMER (76.2%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (76.8%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (77.7%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

HEAD OVER HEELS 5434
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE 1122
THE ICEMAN COMETH 355
ANGELS IN AMERICA 92
MEAN GIRLS 3


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-768), SUMMER (-759), BEAUTIFUL (-571), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-549)

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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