INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/17

By: Dec. 17, 2018
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 12/16/2018.


This week, 40 shows played on Broadway, with 313,917 tickets sold and a total gross of $39,865,469. The average ticket price was $126.99.

This was up the number of shows as last week and up 8 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.11%. Versus last year, attendance was up 18.71%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.71% vs. last week and up 13.06% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $126.99 is down $-0.77 compared to last week and down $-6.34 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,255,649
THE LION KING $2,353,831
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,049,378
WICKED $2,045,142
FROZEN $1,929,358


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR ($162,962), HEAD OVER HEELS ($214,571), TORCH SONG ($239,419), THE NEW ONE ($264,595), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($324,991)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HAMILTON $309,673
NETWORK $264,277
THE CHER SHOW $142,498
RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR $62,555
THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS $48,285


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-520,005), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD ($-152,277), THE BAND'S VISIT ($-122,722), PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL ($-94,636), BEAUTIFUL ($-81,030)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $499.92
HAMILTON $302.60
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $183.36
THE LION KING $174.62
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $157.94


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR ($36.21), HEAD OVER HEELS ($52.14), THE NEW ONE ($59.07), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.37), THE WAVERLY GALLERY ($74.92)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 123.75%
WICKED 114.91%
NETWORK 112.38%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 108.38%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 106.08%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR (12.31%), HEAD OVER HEELS (24.29%), THE NEW ONE (26.92%), TORCH SONG (36.91%), SUMMER (37.66%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.4%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
NETWORK 101.4%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR (38.6%), THE NEW ONE (52.2%), HEAD OVER HEELS (53.4%), SUMMER (54.3%), KINKY BOOTS (64.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

RUBEN & CLAY'S FIRST ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CAROL FAMILY FUN PAGEANT SPECTACULAR 796
HEAD OVER HEELS 520
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG 326
WICKED 200
AMERICAN SON 137


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), MY FAIR LADY (-681), KINKY BOOTS (-648), KING KONG (-637), BEAUTIFUL (-570)

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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