INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/9
By: BWW Special Jul. 09, 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 7/8/2018.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 272,945 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,865,380. The average ticket price was $124.07.
This was less than the number of shows as last week and down 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -6.27%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.30%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -11.18% vs. last week and up 5.94% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $124.07 is down $-6.86 compared to last week and up $10.82 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $3,173,284 |
| THE LION KING | $2,493,708 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $2,192,011 |
| FROZEN | $2,079,471 |
| WICKED | $1,981,742 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HEAD OVER HEELS ($295,898), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($302,222), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($357,180), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL ($524,500), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($545,569)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | $173,765 |
| THE LION KING | $162,021 |
| ALADDIN | $68,009 |
| FROZEN | $67,430 |
| HAMILTON | $54,189 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ANGELS IN AMERICA ($-226,998), SUMMER ($-206,575), CAROUSEL ($-176,063), COME FROM AWAY ($-117,187), HELLO, DOLLY! ($-100,472)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $295.08 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $203.35 |
| THE LION KING | $183.79 |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | $168.93 |
| MEAN GIRLS | $158.78 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
HEAD OVER HEELS ($46.15), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.33), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($73.02), HELLO, DOLLY! ($75.30), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($77.55)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 113.74% |
| WICKED | 111.34% |
| HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO | 110.24% |
| HAMILTON | 109.59% |
| THE LION KING | 109.17% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (33.98%), CAROUSEL (45.25%), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (47.35%), SUMMER (51.07%), KINKY BOOTS (51.92%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.9% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 102.0% |
| HAMILTON | 101.8% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.6% |
| THE BOYS IN THE BAND | 101.3% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SUMMER (62.5%), KINKY BOOTS (73.3%), A BRONX TALE THE MUSICAL (77.9%), CAROUSEL (80.1%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (81.3%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| STRAIGHT WHITE MEN | 2554 |
| KINKY BOOTS | 574 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | 321 |
| THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG | 302 |
| CAROUSEL | 208 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
SUMMER (-1608), ANGELS IN AMERICA (-919), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (-357), WICKED (-333), FROZEN (-154)
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