INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 8/27

By: Aug. 27, 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 8/26/2018.

PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL has broken the box office record for the second time for an 8- performance week at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre for the week ending August 26, 2018. PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL's gross for the week was $1,155,322.
This week, 30 shows played on Broadway, with 255,379 tickets sold and a total gross of $33,662,782. The average ticket price was $131.81.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -3.51%. Versus last year, attendance was up 3.36%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -5.08% vs. last week and up 17.40% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $131.81 is down $-2.18 compared to last week and up $15.76 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,249,628
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,342,741
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,187,788
THE LION KING $2,160,990
FROZEN $1,988,339


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($181,549), HEAD OVER HEELS ($240,516), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($310,524), STRAIGHT WHITE MEN ($355,682), ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ($411,114)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

HELLO, DOLLY! $194,884
HAMILTON $134,237
PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL $89,405
ANASTASIA $32,165
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN $10,594


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY ($-477,043), WAITRESS ($-327,573), WICKED ($-292,454), THE LION KING ($-179,027), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($-134,319)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY $508.69
HAMILTON $302.18
HELLO, DOLLY! $199.94
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $198.19
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $168.60


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($39.43), HEAD OVER HEELS ($64.97), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($65.10), CAROUSEL ($79.08), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($80.87)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HELLO, DOLLY! 122.53%
HAMILTON 112.22%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 111.09%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 110.02%
MEAN GIRLS 106.55%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (23.32%), HEAD OVER HEELS (27.22%), CAROUSEL (37.35%), KINKY BOOTS (42.01%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (45.82%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.0%
COME FROM AWAY 102.1%
HAMILTON 101.8%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.5%
HELLO, DOLLY! 101.3%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (48.1%), KINKY BOOTS (57.5%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (60.3%), SUMMER (63.0%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (65.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

ANASTASIA 627
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN 245
COME FROM AWAY 29
HAMILTON 1
HELLO, DOLLY! 1


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
WAITRESS (-1889), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-1485), WICKED (-1218), SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY (-937), KINKY BOOTS (-733)

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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