INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/16
Jan. 16, 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
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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