INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/23

By: Jul. 23, 2018
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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 7/22/2018.


This week, 32 shows played on Broadway, with 281,446 tickets sold and a total gross of $36,855,921. The average ticket price was $130.95.

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 0.35%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.69%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.27% vs. last week and up 15.46% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $130.95 is down $-2.15 compared to last week and up $12.22 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,143,813
THE LION KING $2,488,032
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD,
PARTS ONE AND TWO
$2,225,761
FROZEN $2,103,866
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,062,015


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($284,400), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($336,876), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($344,449), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($563,828), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($667,360)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HELLO, DOLLY! $1,087,790
ALADDIN $176,472
THE BOOK OF MORMON $127,326
SCHOOL OF ROCK $117,379
WICKED $94,123


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-1,446,033), THE LION KING ($-233,954), CAROUSEL ($-90,528), HEAD OVER HEELS ($-22,526), COME FROM AWAY ($-18,292)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $508.79
HAMILTON $292.34
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $206.86
THE LION KING $184.03
HELLO, DOLLY! $182.84


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HEAD OVER HEELS ($46.80), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($62.62), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($74.02), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($82.39), CHICAGO ($85.86)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

DEAR EVAN HANSEN 116.05%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD,
PARTS ONE AND TWO
111.93%
WICKED 110.05%
HAMILTON 108.57%
HELLO, DOLLY! 107.85%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (32.66%), CAROUSEL (47.79%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (50.83%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (52.78%), SUMMER (54.96%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.7%
THE BOYS IN THE BAND 102.2%
COME FROM AWAY 102.0%
HAMILTON 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.6%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SUMMER (65.9%), KINKY BOOTS (72.7%), CAROUSEL (77.6%), HEAD OVER HEELS (80.1%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (80.5%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

ALADDIN 1759
THE BOOK OF MORMON 1070
SCHOOL OF ROCK 937
A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL 853
ANASTASIA 810


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-2845), THE LION KING (-1625), CAROUSEL (-222), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-70), HEAD OVER HEELS (-55)

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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