INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 11/19
By: BWW Special Nov. 19, 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 11/18/2018.
Broadway's KING KONG celebrated its best week ever at the Broadway Theatre with a gross of $1,018,560.75 for the week ending November 18, which included two heavily comped press performances.
This week, 37 shows played on Broadway, with 292,481 tickets sold and a total gross of $36,501,888. The average ticket price was $124.80.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 7 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -4.42%. Versus last year, attendance was up 16.61%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.96% vs. last week and up 12.39% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.80 is up $3.14 compared to last week and down $-4.69 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,934,086 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,423,700 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,095,399 |
| THE LION KING | $2,036,711 |
| FROZEN | $1,639,775 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($182,463), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($251,432), TORCH SONG ($259,249), THE NEW ONE ($283,487), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($361,533)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| NETWORK | $701,700 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $488,530 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $161,578 |
| THE NEW ONE | $105,349 |
| KING KONG | $102,760 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-243,190), KINKY BOOTS ($-215,801), ANASTASIA ($-156,782), SUMMER ($-155,354), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-144,030)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $511.33 |
| HAMILTON | $273.29 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $186.86 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $161.48 |
| THE LION KING | $151.21 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE NEW ONE ($50.36), THE PROM ($56.84), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($59.65), HEAD OVER HEELS ($61.13), TORCH SONG ($66.24)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| HAMILTON | 111.53% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 110.35% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 105.38% |
| NETWORK | 104.25% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 101.65% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (20.65%), THE NEW ONE (28.84%), SUMMER (36.49%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (37.1%), THE PROM (37.76%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.2% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.7% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 100.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (38.7%), SUMMER (49.5%), KINKY BOOTS (58.7%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (61.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (65.0%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| NETWORK | 4991 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 1443 |
| THE PROM | 1275 |
| THE CHER SHOW | 1002 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KING KONG (-2105), KINKY BOOTS (-2049), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-1634), SUMMER (-1516), WAITRESS (-1155)
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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