INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/20

Aug. 20, 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 8/19/2018.


This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 264,673 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,465,012. The average ticket price was $134.00.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -4.72%. Versus last year, attendance was up 1.62%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -4.89% vs. last week and up 17.00% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $134.00 is down $-0.24 compared to last week and up $17.61 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,115,391
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $2,406,003
THE LION KING $2,340,017
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,245,282
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,147,856

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($175,334), HEAD OVER HEELS ($261,546), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($327,158), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($345,088), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($457,570)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $474,558
MY FAIR LADY $54,469
HELLO, DOLLY! $41,552
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $24,250
CHICAGO $13,560

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-139,584), ALADDIN ($-134,773), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($-118,512), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-108,142), ANASTASIA ($-91,959)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $508.78
HAMILTON $289.72
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $200.18
HELLO, DOLLY! $183.33
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $173.03

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($36.00), HEAD OVER HEELS ($62.87), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.93), CAROUSEL ($75.85), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.37)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 112.92%
HELLO, DOLLY! 112.34%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 112.3%
HAMILTON 107.59%
MEAN GIRLS 107.34%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (22.52%), HEAD OVER HEELS (29.6%), CAROUSEL (37.39%), SUMMER (47.28%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (48.28%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.8%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.6%
HELLO, DOLLY! 101.3%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (54.0%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (63.8%), KINKY BOOTS (63.9%), SUMMER (64.0%), CAROUSEL (70.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY 937
MY FAIR LADY 191
CHICAGO 155
SUMMER 93
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL 88

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (-2326), WICKED (-885), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-824), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-593), KINKY BOOTS (-563)

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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