INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/29
By: BWW Special Oct. 29, 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 10/28/2018.
This week, 35 shows played on Broadway, with 272,782 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,133,984. The average ticket price was $121.47.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 6 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.38%. Versus last year, attendance was up 11.79%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -3.53% vs. last week and up 8.17% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $121.47 is down $-6.18 compared to last week and down $-4.07 compared to last year.
In its first post-opening week on Broadway, The Ferryman grossed $902,718.00- including four press performances which were heavily comped.
The Waverly Gallery was up over $29,000 on the previous week, despite the comped house for opening night, and comps for pre- and post-opening press performances.
The new musical, KING KONG, grossed $774,280.00 for 6 preview performances for the week ending October 28, 2018.
Mike Birbiglia's The New One grossed $124,121 for 4 previews last week. The show will play full 8 performance schedule starting this week.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,945,615 |
| THE LION KING | $2,103,744 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,060,777 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,937,995 |
| FROZEN | $1,554,026 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($174,209), HEAD OVER HEELS ($205,600), TORCH SONG ($214,463), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($288,335), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($345,038)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| THE FERRYMAN | $220,087 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $177,050 |
| KING KONG | $100,595 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $29,327 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $18,557 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-476,705), HAMILTON ($-302,549), WICKED ($-159,925), ANASTASIA ($-151,201), MEAN GIRLS ($-131,564)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $511.07 |
| HAMILTON | $274.34 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $188.92 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $158.81 |
| THE LION KING | $155.74 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NAP ($49.80), TORCH SONG ($52.85), HEAD OVER HEELS ($59.92), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($60.78), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($67.64)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 111.97% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 111.28% |
| THE LION KING | 105.0% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.64% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.6% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (23.27%), THE NAP (28.08%), TORCH SONG (33.06%), SUMMER (41.11%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (42.55%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.2% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (44.5%), SUMMER (58.2%), KINKY BOOTS (65.0%), THE NAP (68.0%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (68.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| KING KONG | 1150 |
| MY FAIR LADY | 397 |
| FROZEN | 225 |
| TORCH SONG | 209 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 207 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANASTASIA (-1212), SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), KINKY BOOTS (-863), WICKED (-724), AMERICAN SON (-631)
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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