INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 12/18

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 12/17/2017.

This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 257,160 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,359,422. The average ticket price was $133.61.

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 -2.75%. Versus last year, attendance was down -4.33%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -2.55% vs. last week and up 12.50% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $133.61 is up $0.27 compared to last week and up $19.98 compared to last year.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON	$2,827,018
HELLO, DOLLY!	$2,448,611
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	$2,401,108
THE LION KING	$2,336,750
WICKED	$2,000,828

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS ($70,470), THE CHILDREN ($203,238), M. BUTTERFLY ($370,427), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($382,966), JUNK ($399,049)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WICKED	$106,733
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS	$105,821
CATS	$44,091
THE LION KING	$31,456
COME FROM AWAY	$29,951

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BEAUTIFUL ($-148,713), KINKY BOOTS ($-118,272), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($-95,588), HAMILTON ($-82,342), JUNK ($-74,993)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	$506.56
HAMILTON	$263.37
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$218.36
HELLO, DOLLY!	$212.55
THE LION KING	$172.90

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS ($24.39), THE CHILDREN ($47.72), M. BUTTERFLY ($73.50), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($75.39), JUNK ($80.98)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HELLO, DOLLY!	133.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	122.45%
WICKED	112.42%
THE BOOK OF MORMON	111.84%
COME FROM AWAY	110.32%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (4.76%), THE CHILDREN (33.06%), JUNK (35.96%), M. BUTTERFLY (39.12%), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (48.72%)

Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

COME FROM AWAY	102.1%
THE BOOK OF MORMON	101.8%
HAMILTON	101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	101.5%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (29.4%), JUNK (58.2%), M. BUTTERFLY (59.2%), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS (65.6%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (67.1%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

FARINELLI AND THE KING	1261
M. BUTTERFLY	220
WICKED	220
CATS	121
ANASTASIA	80

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
KINKY BOOTS (-1452), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-1024), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-913), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-857), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (-692)

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..