INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 1/8
Jan. 08, 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 1/7/2018.
This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 255,197 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,207,509. The average ticket price was $126.21.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 4 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -16.71%. Versus last year, attendance was down -29.01%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -36.04% vs. last week and down -35.21% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $126.21 is down $-38.13 compared to last week and down $-12.07 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HAMILTON
$3,132,598
THE LION KING
$2,622,799
HELLO, DOLLY!
$2,206,170
WICKED
$1,926,621
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$1,744,820
THE CHILDREN
($217,788),
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
($259,548),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($407,628),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($453,677),
JUNK
($465,747)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
JUNK
$8,273
THE CHILDREN
$-18,414
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
$-32,065
FARINELLI AND THE KING
$-61,567
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
$-223,770
WICKED
($-1,374,446),
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
($-912,505),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
($-862,986),
ANASTASIA
($-791,218),
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
($-777,808)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON
$291.24
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$218.38
HELLO, DOLLY!
$190.09
THE LION KING
$173.22
THE BOOK OF MORMON
$153.90
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
($49.91),
THE CHILDREN
($57.77),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($71.02),
JUNK
($74.02),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($77.63)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
122.43%
HELLO, DOLLY!
120.55%
THE BOOK OF MORMON
111.44%
WICKED
108.25%
HAMILTON
108.18%
THE CHILDREN
(31.65%),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
(39.3%),
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
(40.8%),
JUNK
(41.97%),
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS
(59.61%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HAMILTON
101.8%
COME FROM AWAY
101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
101.5%
THE BOOK OF MORMON
101.2%
ANASTASIA
100.4%
THE CHILDREN
(72.5%),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
(73.4%),
JUNK
(74.3%),
KINKY BOOTS
(76.7%),
BEAUTIFUL
(77.4%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE LION KING
1568
FARINELLI AND THE KING
710
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
430
JUNK
157
HAMILTON
2
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(-3914),
KINKY BOOTS
(-3260),
CHICAGO
(-2575),
BEAUTIFUL
(-2469),
WICKED
(-2320)
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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