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 8/5/2018.
This week, 31 shows played on Broadway, with 284,545 tickets sold and a total gross of $36,391,385. The average ticket price was $127.89.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.77%. Versus last year, attendance was up 6.84%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.18% vs. last week and up 14.06% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $127.89 is down $-6.15 compared to last week and up $8.09 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
HAMILTON | $3,150,942 |
THE LION KING | $2,476,144 |
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,267,293 |
FROZEN | $2,068,943 |
HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,051,393 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($249,725), HEAD OVER HEELS ($297,421), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($354,341), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($375,052), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($523,594)
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | $61,773 |
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $21,419 |
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $13,953 |
THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $13,416 |
COME FROM AWAY | $10,192 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-308,067), WICKED ($-277,742), SUMMER ($-118,687), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-81,814), THE BAND'S VISIT ($-81,526)
HAMILTON | $292.95 |
DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $205.28 |
THE LION KING | $182.43 |
HELLO, DOLLY! | $177.90 |
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $174.73 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($37.33), HEAD OVER HEELS ($52.74), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($65.19), CAROUSEL ($76.30), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($80.68)
DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 115.14% |
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 114.02% |
HAMILTON | 108.82% |
MEAN GIRLS | 108.4% |
WICKED | 107.95% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (32.08%), HEAD OVER HEELS (33.66%), CAROUSEL (41.64%), SUMMER (46.68%), KINKY BOOTS (52.96%)
THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.8% |
THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 102.6% |
COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
HAMILTON | 101.8% |
DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SUMMER (59.8%), KINKY BOOTS (68.0%), HEAD OVER HEELS (73.2%), CAROUSEL (77.5%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (84.2%)
CAROUSEL | 475 |
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 203 |
HELLO, DOLLY! | 200 |
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | 112 |
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL | 40 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-1959), THE LION KING (-1690), SUMMER (-1044), HEAD OVER HEELS (-1028), KINKY BOOTS (-838)
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