INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/16
Jan. 16, 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 1/14/2018.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 249,038 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,948,206. The average ticket price was $132.30.
This was the same as the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.41%. Versus last year, attendance was down -4.28%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 2.30% vs. last week and up 11.43% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $132.30 is up $6.10 compared to last week and up $18.65 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HAMILTON
$3,105,160
HELLO, DOLLY!
$2,436,208
THE LION KING
$1,941,493
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$1,741,090
WICKED
$1,646,233
THE CHILDREN
($282,652),
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
($307,280),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($418,670),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($462,637),
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
($525,022)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HELLO, DOLLY!
$230,038
METEOR SHOWER
$226,015
MISS SAIGON
$86,332
THE BAND'S VISIT
$68,127
THE CHILDREN
$64,864
THE LION KING
($-681,306),
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
($-371,025),
WICKED
($-280,388),
ALADDIN
($-249,640),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
($-193,154)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON
$288.61
HELLO, DOLLY!
$236.78
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$217.83
COME FROM AWAY
$151.92
METEOR SHOWER
$148.07
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
($54.73),
THE CHILDREN
($64.52),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($71.46),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($77.03),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
($80.13)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HELLO, DOLLY!
148.46%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
122.17%
THE LION KING
116.61%
THE BAND'S VISIT
108.29%
HAMILTON
107.24%
THE CHILDREN
(41.08%),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
(44.6%),
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
(49.01%),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(56.99%),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(61.78%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
METEOR SHOWER
102.0%
COME FROM AWAY
102.0%
HAMILTON
101.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON
101.8%
HELLO, DOLLY!
101.6%
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(73.6%),
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
(76.8%),
KINKY BOOTS
(79.2%),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(79.6%),
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
(81.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
METEOR SHOWER
1260
ANASTASIA
987
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
734
THE CHILDREN
611
BEAUTIFUL
527
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
(-2788),
THE LION KING
(-1580),
HELLO, DOLLY!
(-1317),
WICKED
(-1271),
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
(-926)
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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