INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/10
Sep. 10, 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 9/9/2018.
This week, 31 shows played on Broadway, with 249,078 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,524,979. The average ticket price was $118.54.
This was up the number of shows as last week and up 3 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.44%. Versus last year, attendance was up 4.71%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -7.99% vs. last week and up 5.83% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.54 is down $-9.73 compared to last week and up $1.25 compared to last year.
Top 5 by This Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
HAMILTON
$3,209,201
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO
$2,042,596
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
$1,932,670
THE LION KING
$1,874,691
FROZEN
$1,566,054
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
($195,896),
HEAD OVER HEELS
($215,899),
BERNHARDT/HAMLET
($243,681),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($278,953),
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN
($382,324)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
BERNHARDT/HAMLET
$124,077
SUMMER
$42,439
ANASTASIA
$35,980
CHICAGO
$3,477
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
$2,650
MEAN GIRLS
($-329,397),
FROZEN
($-300,444),
THE LION KING
($-235,911),
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
($-217,063),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
($-177,463)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
$509.67
HAMILTON
$298.36
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
$176.90
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO
$157.41
THE LION KING
$141.27
BERNHARDT/HAMLET
($56.66),
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
($57.92),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
($62.63),
HEAD OVER HEELS
($65.17),
CAROUSEL
($70.95)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HAMILTON
110.83%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO
102.72%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
101.32%
THE LION KING
98.69%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
96.06%
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
(20.57%),
HEAD OVER HEELS
(24.44%),
CAROUSEL
(33.73%),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(37.3%),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(41.16%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
THE BOOK OF MORMON
102.9%
HAMILTON
101.8%
COME FROM AWAY
101.5%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO
100.0%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
100.0%
HEAD OVER HEELS
(43.0%),
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
(44.3%),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(58.7%),
KINKY BOOTS
(63.6%),
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(65.2%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BERNHARDT/HAMLET
2193
WICKED
1950
SUMMER
341
ANASTASIA
302
CHICAGO
255
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER
(-1856),
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
(-1261),
CAROUSEL
(-946),
SCHOOL OF ROCK
(-767),
BEAUTIFUL
(-744)
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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