INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/16
By: BWW Special Jul. 16, 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 7/15/2018.
This week, 31 shows played on Broadway, with 280,463 tickets sold and a total gross of $37,330,028. The average ticket price was $133.10.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 1 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.75%. Versus last year, attendance was up 9.48%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 10.23% vs. last week and up 28.36% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $133.10 is up $9.03 compared to last week and up $19.57 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,109,924 |
| THE LION KING | $2,721,986 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,211,269 |
| FROZEN | $2,087,637 |
| WICKED | $1,864,640 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($306,926), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($341,040), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($350,130), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($569,222), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($582,998)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | $360,702 |
| THE LION KING | $228,278 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $196,929 |
| CAROUSEL | $130,063 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $111,540 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-117,102), ALADDIN ($-91,468), HAMILTON ($-63,360), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-58,184), ANASTASIA ($-16,751)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $289.13 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $206.60 |
| THE LION KING | $179.73 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $170.41 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $158.33 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HEAD OVER HEELS ($50.05), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($65.05), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($77.83), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($79.92), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($84.54)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 115.93% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 111.2% |
| HAMILTON | 107.4% |
| THE LION KING | 106.06% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 106.02% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (35.25%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (50.32%), KINKY BOOTS (52.48%), CAROUSEL (53.37%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (54.85%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 101.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SUMMER (66.1%), KINKY BOOTS (66.4%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (76.7%), CAROUSEL (79.5%), HEAD OVER HEELS (80.9%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| THE LION KING | 1577 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | 1447 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 644 |
| SUMMER | 424 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 389 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KINKY BOOTS (-788), ALADDIN (-336), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-309), HEAD OVER HEELS (-280), WAITRESS (-275)
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