INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/24

Sep. 24, 2018
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 9/23/2018.


This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 223,438 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,309,336. The average ticket price was $117.75.

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 down -12.81%. Versus last year, attendance was down -6.17%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.56% vs. last week and down -1.14% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $117.75 is up $5.47 compared to last week and up $5.99 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,237,826
THE LION KING $2,046,978
FROZEN $1,624,316
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $1,553,554
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,444,251

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($161,178), HEAD OVER HEELS ($211,156), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($266,179), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($308,873), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($389,854)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE LION KING $121,025
MEAN GIRLS $108,958
THE BOOK OF MORMON $42,336
HAMILTON $36,328
ALADDIN $32,723

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-450,452), WICKED ($-148,636), ANASTASIA ($-143,958), SUMMER ($-134,895), KINKY BOOTS ($-99,920)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $301.05
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $182.96
THE LION KING $150.89
MY FAIR LADY $144.56
MEAN GIRLS $136.47

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NAP ($34.07), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($55.32), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($56.44), HEAD OVER HEELS ($61.13), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($62.63)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 111.82%
THE LION KING 105.25%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 102.89%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.34%
MEAN GIRLS 97.73%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE NAP (23.21%), HEAD OVER HEELS (23.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (38.71%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (39.28%), SUMMER (47.08%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.9%
COME FROM AWAY 101.9%
HAMILTON 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 100.3%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (44.8%), SUMMER (59.4%), KINKY BOOTS (68.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (70.4%), WAITRESS (71.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SCHOOL OF ROCK 1404
THE NAP 769
BERNHARDT/HAMLET 552
FROZEN 318
ALADDIN 292

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-3648), SUMMER (-2133), ANASTASIA (-1641), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-1296), WAITRESS (-1208)

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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