INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/12
By: BWW Special Nov. 12, 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 11/11/2018.
THE FERRYMAN, Jez Butterworth's new play which opened last month to critical acclaim at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, just played its best week so far, grossing $1,001,994.90 for the week ending November 11, up $82,000 over the prior week. The newest member of the million dollar club features the youngest actors on Broadway - four adorable babies who rotate the role of Bobby Carney.
Also joining that club, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD which grossed $1,130,163.00 for only 7 performances.
This week, 38 shows played on Broadway, with 306,015 tickets sold and a total gross of $37,230,401. The average ticket price was $121.66.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 10 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 9.50%. Versus last year, attendance was up 36.22%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 12.55% vs. last week and up 36.55% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $121.66 is up $3.30 compared to last week and up $0.29 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,943,951 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,109,192 |
| THE LION KING | $2,082,461 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,935,170 |
| WICKED | $1,770,608 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NEW ONE ($178,138), THE NAP ($191,064), HEAD OVER HEELS ($233,984), TORCH SONG ($290,585), THE PROM ($323,083)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $609,806 |
| THE CHER SHOW | $570,504 |
| FROZEN | $406,813 |
| KING KONG | $240,866 |
| AMERICAN SON | $223,612 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-489,710), THE NEW ONE ($-13,477), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-8,297), THE LION KING ($-8,208), THE PROM ($6,699)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $510.33 |
| HAMILTON | $274.24 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $190.43 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $162.55 |
| THE LION KING | $153.81 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NEW ONE ($26.90), THE NAP ($46.31), THE PROM ($55.75), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($63.44), HEAD OVER HEELS ($67.41)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 112.64% |
| HAMILTON | 111.91% |
| THE LION KING | 106.49% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 106.07% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 104.75% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE NEW ONE (22.72%), HEAD OVER HEELS (26.48%), THE NAP (29.55%), THE PROM (40.24%), TORCH SONG (44.79%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.9% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.2% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 100.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (45.1%), SUMMER (62.4%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (75.3%), KINKY BOOTS (76.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (78.4%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 5757 |
| THE CHER SHOW | 5179 |
| KING KONG | 3363 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 2138 |
| THE NEW ONE | 1682 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), THE PROM (-689), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-563), THE FERRYMAN (-376), TORCH SONG (-305)
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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