INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 4/23
By: BWW Special Apr. 23, 2018
NOTE - Updated 4/24. The previous version of this story included inaccurate information, comparing it to the wrong week!
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 4/22/2018.
Just a reminder that this week included press comps for Harry Potter, which opened officially on Broadway yesterday, April 22.
This week, 36 shows played on Broadway, with 314,967 tickets sold and a total gross of $37,506,240. The average ticket price was $119.08.This was the same as the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.07%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.02%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.59% vs. last week and up 4.49% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $119.08 is down $-1.99 compared to last week and up $5.14 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,081,677 |
| THE LION KING | $2,117,628 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $1,925,155 |
| WICKED | $1,798,728 |
| FROZEN | $1,774,655 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
SAINT JOAN ($219,105), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($316,767), TRAVESTIES ($319,321), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($354,180), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($474,934)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| CAROUSEL | $227,713 |
| CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | $123,784 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $87,785 |
| SUMMER | $68,500 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $57,670 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-487,545), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-428,974), HAMILTON ($-58,291), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-44,730), ALADDIN ($-20,612)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $507.69 |
| HAMILTON | $286.51 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $217.00 |
| THE LION KING | $157.46 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $148.61 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SAINT JOAN ($44.88), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD ($58.13), ROCKTOPIA ($59.79), TRAVESTIES ($62.15), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.52)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 121.61% |
| HAMILTON | 106.42% |
| THE LION KING | 105.53% |
| ALADDIN | 102.79% |
| WICKED | 101.06% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
SAINT JOAN (32.55%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (35.65%), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (39.83%), ROCKTOPIA (40.86%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (46.33%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.3% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.9% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
| MEAN GIRLS | 100.9% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (60.4%), ROCKTOPIA (73.0%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (74.2%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (74.4%), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (75.9%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SUMMER | 1623 |
| FROZEN | 650 |
| SAINT JOAN | 643 |
| TRAVESTIES | 626 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 605 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-948), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-502), BEAUTIFUL (-497), CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (-478), CAROUSEL (-423)
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