INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/12
Feb. 12, 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 2/11/2018.
This week, 24 shows played on Broadway, with 191,186 tickets sold and a total gross of $22,018,580. The average ticket price was $115.17.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -9.00%. Versus last year, attendance was up 6.83%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -11.46% vs. last week and up 10.79% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.17 is down $-3.20 compared to last week and up $4.12 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HAMILTON
$3,062,978
THE LION KING
$1,724,602
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$1,655,163
WAITRESS
$1,433,902
WICKED
$1,311,395
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($237,858),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($397,375),
JOHN LITHGOW: STORIES BY HEART
($400,386),
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
($461,880),
CHICAGO
($485,289)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON
$273,612
WAITRESS
$259,200
THE BOOK OF MORMON
$142,197
THE LION KING
$57,409
ALADDIN
$15,151
HELLO, DOLLY!
($-122,176),
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
($-108,716),
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL
($-76,001),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
($-74,203),
KINKY BOOTS
($-70,942)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON
$284.82
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$209.91
WAITRESS
$176.72
COME FROM AWAY
$135.56
THE BOOK OF MORMON
$132.32
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($58.59),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
($67.98),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
($69.63),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
($77.00),
CHICAGO
($80.59)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
WAITRESS
140.65%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
116.14%
HAMILTON
105.78%
THE LION KING
97.66%
THE BOOK OF MORMON
95.38%
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(35.1%),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(36.55%),
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
(38.31%),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
(40.62%),
KINKY BOOTS
(45.56%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HAMILTON
101.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON
100.8%
COME FROM AWAY
100.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
100.2%
THE LION KING
98.7%
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(56.2%),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(59.4%),
KINKY BOOTS
(62.7%),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
(65.8%),
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
(68.1%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE BOOK OF MORMON
1110
WAITRESS
817
THE PARISIAN WOMAN
244
BEAUTIFUL
148
ALADDIN
100
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
(-1724),
WICKED
(-1629),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
(-1208),
ANASTASIA
(-1136),
HELLO, DOLLY!
(-1092)
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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