INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/29

By: Oct. 29, 2018
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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 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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