INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/14; WAITRESS Jumps Up
By: BWW Special Jan. 14, 2019
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 1/13/2019.
Waitress saw a big uptick in grosses for the week ending January 13 with the return of composer Sara Bareilles to the diner, joined by her Tony Award-winning friend Gavin Creel. The long-running musical which is beginning its third year on Broadway, reported $972,519.80, an improvement of $433,047.80 over the prior week.
This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 274,375 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,937,248. The average ticket price was $116.40.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -8.71%. Versus last year, attendance was up 10.28%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -14.90% vs. last week and down -3.07% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $116.40 is down $-8.47 compared to last week and down $-16.03 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,157,730 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,053,032 |
| THE LION KING | $1,848,667 |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | $1,536,167 |
| WICKED | $1,403,103 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
CHOIR BOY ($261,676), TRUE WEST ($423,166), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($440,854), THE NEW ONE ($467,914), CHICAGO ($521,475)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WAITRESS | $433,048 |
| THE NEW ONE | $114,453 |
| THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT | $98,295 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | $95,668 |
| THE FERRYMAN | $93,338 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-637,153), THE LION KING ($-619,602), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-503,947), ALADDIN ($-446,236), FROZEN ($-348,518)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $293.66 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $165.18 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $158.22 |
| NETWORK | $145.47 |
| THE LION KING | $141.67 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
CHOIR BOY ($53.77), THE BAND'S VISIT ($70.67), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($72.50), THE NEW ONE ($78.25), TRUE WEST ($79.35)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 110.83% |
| NETWORK | 107.51% |
| HAMILTON | 105.48% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 103.25% |
| FROZEN | 100.06% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
CHOIR BOY (43.39%), KINKY BOOTS (45.12%), KING KONG (47.32%), THE NEW ONE (47.61%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (50.96%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 101.7% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
KINKY BOOTS (60.2%), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (65.3%), KING KONG (65.8%), THE NEW ONE (69.7%), CHICAGO (73.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| WAITRESS | 2213 |
| THE BAND'S VISIT | 1866 |
| THE WAVERLY GALLERY | 1216 |
| KING KONG | 1150 |
| THE NEW ONE | 837 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-2478), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-2252), WICKED (-1949), KINKY BOOTS (-1196), NETWORK (-1006)
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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