INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 3/26
By: BWW Special Mar. 26, 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 3/25/2018.
This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 292,873 tickets sold and a total gross of $35,414,663. The average ticket price was $120.92.
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 10.12%. Versus last year, attendance was up 8.30%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 10.83% vs. last week and up 17.99% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $120.92 is up $0.77 compared to last week and up $9.93 compared to last year.
Of Note:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child grossed $1,541,957 for a six performance preview week (ending March 25) at the Lyric Theatre. The gross sales figure includes 300 seats at every performance priced at $40 or less per part, with 150 of these seats priced at $20 per part.
The new musical Mean Girls saw a final weekly gross gross of $1,265,646.10 in its second week of Broadway previews, over seven again completely sold-out performances.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,082,529 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,407,110 |
| THE LION KING | $2,071,519 |
| WICKED | $1,815,639 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $1,670,889 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($327,696), LOBBY HERO ($333,114), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($507,742), ANGELS IN AMERICA ($549,003), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($599,740)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $482,290 |
| MY FAIR LADY | $408,587 |
| ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE | $143,528 |
| FROZEN | $86,555 |
| FARINELLI AND THE KING | $65,403 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ANGELS IN AMERICA ($-245,890), THE BAND'S VISIT ($-100,138), ANASTASIA ($-80,883), HELLO, DOLLY! ($-74,236), HAMILTON ($-68,491)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $507.83 |
| HAMILTON | $286.67 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $209.94 |
| THE LION KING | $157.58 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $146.93 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
ANGELS IN AMERICA ($56.83), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($66.70), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($72.11), LOBBY HERO ($81.81), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($86.18)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 117.24% |
| HAMILTON | 106.45% |
| WICKED | 102.01% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 100.98% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 100.96% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ANGELS IN AMERICA (38.69%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (40.44%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (48.35%), LOBBY HERO (52.19%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (53.82%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.2% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.1% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 100.5% |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 100.0% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (63.2%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (71.9%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (77.4%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (82.2%), FARINELLI AND THE KING (83.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| MY FAIR LADY | 3521 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | 1571 |
| FROZEN | 1398 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 788 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (-2005), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-1321), HELLO, DOLLY! (-1107), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (-883), ANASTASIA (-834)
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