INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 6/25
By: BWW Special Jun. 25, 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 6/24/2018.
MEAN GIRLS has broken the August Wilson Theatre box office record for the third time for an eight performance week, grossing $1,578,400.75 for the week ending June 24, 2018. This is the second record-breaking week in a row for the show.
This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 297,029 tickets sold and a total gross of $40,285,884. The average ticket price was $135.63.
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 down -0.47%. Versus last year, attendance was down -0.36%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 1.59% vs. last week and up 16.75% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $135.63 is up $2.76 compared to last week and up $19.88 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,132,866 |
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $2,411,075 |
| THE LION KING | $2,308,012 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,240,197 |
| WICKED | $1,982,377 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($413,780), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($558,776), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($567,991), CHICAGO ($672,384), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($686,414)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $480,805 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $197,999 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | $103,530 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $85,382 |
| KINKY BOOTS | $80,511 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-221,800), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($-40,694), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-37,249), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($-21,798), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-12,176)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | $508.67 |
| HAMILTON | $291.27 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $214.45 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | $180.14 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $172.64 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($71.35), ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE ($78.44), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($83.04), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($85.44), CHICAGO ($87.60)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| THREE TALL WOMEN | 121.51% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 120.29% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 112.66% |
| WICKED | 111.38% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 108.46% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (32.4%), KINKY BOOTS (57.65%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (60.67%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (61.06%), CAROUSEL (68.21%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 103.7% |
| ONCE ON THIS ISLAND | 103.2% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 102.7% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.1% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (55.7%), KINKY BOOTS (71.6%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (80.6%), CAROUSEL (82.4%), SUMMER (82.6%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY | 948 |
| THREE TALL WOMEN | 785 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 696 |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA | 463 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 444 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (-564), WAITRESS (-517), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (-365), CAROUSEL (-266), ANASTASIA (-211)
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