INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/21
By: BWW Special May. 21, 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 5/20/2018.
This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 311,582 tickets sold and a total gross of $38,813,251. The average ticket price was $124.57.
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 up 1.77%. Versus last year, attendance was up 2.73%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.50% vs. last week and up 12.49% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.57 is down $-1.58 compared to last week and up $10.80 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,120,832 |
| THE LION KING | $2,141,255 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $1,993,068 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,931,445 |
| WICKED | $1,749,587 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SAINT JOAN ($227,974), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($337,481), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($411,261), TRAVESTIES ($418,868), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($513,582)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE LION KING | $306,677 |
| HAMILTON | $304,226 |
| WICKED | $207,596 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $158,112 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $89,818 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-479,588), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-131,975), MY FAIR LADY ($-114,272), CAROUSEL ($-61,732), COME FROM AWAY ($-35,408)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $509.35 |
| HAMILTON | $290.20 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $214.78 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | $166.09 |
| THE LION KING | $157.98 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($57.75), SAINT JOAN ($58.97), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($65.30), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($65.96), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($82.61)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 120.46% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 108.21% |
| HAMILTON | 107.78% |
| THE LION KING | 106.94% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.39% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SAINT JOAN (31.17%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (39.23%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (41.39%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (49.8%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (51.84%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.4% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 101.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (57.0%), SAINT JOAN (74.7%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (75.6%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (75.7%), KINKY BOOTS (76.0%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE LION KING | 1678 |
| WICKED | 1591 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 1003 |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 805 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 701 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), SAINT JOAN (-279), ANASTASIA (-117), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-114), ANGELS IN AMERICA (-21)
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