INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/30
By: BWW Special Oct. 30, 2017
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 10/29/2017.
This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 231,168 tickets sold and a total gross of $28,628,694. The average ticket price was $123.84.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -5.26%. Versus last year, attendance was down -4.80%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -6.54% vs. last week and up 13.63% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $123.84 is down $-1.69 compared to last week and up $20.08 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,665,092 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,383,080 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $2,362,351 |
| THE LION KING | $2,019,366 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,677,889 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($217,558), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($321,440), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS ($334,883), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($376,856), M. BUTTERFLY ($528,964)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS | $22,546 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $20,124 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $11,058 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $6,710 |
| JUNK | $2,607 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-252,203), ANASTASIA ($-184,333), WICKED ($-171,262), PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($-147,512), M. BUTTERFLY ($-111,133)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $503.82 |
| HAMILTON | $248.26 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $209.92 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $206.14 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $156.12 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($51.29), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($69.07), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($70.05), JUNK ($72.22), MISS SAIGON ($79.68)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 129.08% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 121.8% |
| HAMILTON | 111.3% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 105.59% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.76% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
PRINCE OF BROADWAY (29.51%), WAR PAINT (44.74%), MISS SAIGON (45.0%), CATS (49.92%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (50.77%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.8% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| THE BAND'S VISIT | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
MISS SAIGON (62.1%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (70.1%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (71.6%), WAR PAINT (75.3%), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (78.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS | 703 |
| JUNK | 184 |
| CATS | 182 |
| ALADDIN | 136 |
| THE LION KING | 49 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ANASTASIA (-1227), MISS SAIGON (-1008), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-966), M. BUTTERFLY (-865), KINKY BOOTS (-660)
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