INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/29
By: BWW Special Jan. 29, 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 1/28/2018.
Waitress has once again set a new record at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway. For the week ending January 28, 2108, Waitress grossed a total of $1,626,478.00, this is a new House Record for the highest grossing week ever at the Brooks. In addition, in this week the also broke the record for the highest gross for a single performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre with Waitress grossing $229,385.00 on the evening performance of Saturday, January 27, 2018.
This week, 24 shows played on Broadway, with 208,951 tickets sold and a total gross of $24,123,869. The average ticket price was $115.45.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.71%. Versus last year, attendance was up 5.49%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -12.86% vs. last week and up 11.24% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.45 is down $-12.12 compared to last week and up $5.97 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,086,536 |
| THE LION KING | $1,799,379 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,697,500 |
| WAITRESS | $1,626,478 |
| WICKED | $1,497,083 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE CHILDREN ($272,665), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($343,416), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($433,634), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($455,788), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS ($529,132)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $799,565 |
| John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART | $51,642 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $51,514 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | $45,698 |
| ANASTASIA | $32,616 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-86,510), THE LION KING ($-53,104), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-32,295), FARINELLI AND THE KING ($-27,413), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-20,850)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $286.99 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $212.67 |
| WAITRESS | $193.54 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $140.49 |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | $136.71 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CHILDREN ($62.54), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($66.30), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($73.15), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($75.22), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($75.32)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WAITRESS | 159.54% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 119.11% |
| HAMILTON | 106.59% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 98.97% |
| THE LION KING | 96.89% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE CHILDREN (39.62%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (43.94%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (50.03%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (50.67%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (57.1%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 101.3% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.2% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (72.0%), KINKY BOOTS (75.5%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (75.8%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (79.7%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (83.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 8418 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 779 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | 748 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 561 |
| A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL | 290 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WAITRESS (-228), FARINELLI AND THE KING (-92), THE LION KING (-74), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART (-58), CHICAGO (-41)
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