INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/20
By: BWW Special Feb. 20, 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 2/18/2018.
This week, 25 shows played on Broadway, with 213,716 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,335,058. The average ticket price was $123.22.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 11.78%. Versus last year, attendance was up 20.71%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 19.60% vs. last week and up 32.94% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $123.22 is up $8.06 compared to last week and up $11.33 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,088,002 |
| THE LION KING | $2,029,508 |
| WICKED | $1,818,771 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,790,798 |
| ALADDIN | $1,504,445 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($377,776), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($419,781), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($484,842), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($534,474), LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS ($665,851)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| WICKED | $507,376 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $407,516 |
| ALADDIN | $312,791 |
| THE LION KING | $304,906 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $286,108 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-347,806), FARINELLI AND THE KING ($4,573), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($19,395), HAMILTON ($25,024), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($72,594)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $287.10 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $224.30 |
| COME FROM AWAY | $152.08 |
| WAITRESS | $151.20 |
| THE LION KING | $149.53 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($70.73), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($78.59), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($80.58), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($82.47), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($91.09)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 125.66% |
| HAMILTON | 106.64% |
| WAITRESS | 106.53% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 105.35% |
| THE LION KING | 103.88% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE PARISIAN WOMAN (46.74%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (55.74%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (56.39%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (64.78%), BEAUTIFUL (65.9%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 101.5% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.4% |
| THE LION KING | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE PARISIAN WOMAN (77.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (78.2%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (79.0%), KINKY BOOTS (79.7%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (80.7%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 2976 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 2408 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 1939 |
| CHICAGO | 1771 |
| SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS | 1704 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WAITRESS (-931), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-528),
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