INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/25

By: Sep. 25, 2017
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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 9/24/2017.


This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 206,418 tickets sold and a total gross of $23,991,939. The average ticket price was $116.23.

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 -13.32%. Versus last year, attendance was down -4.93%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.85% vs. last week and up 8.24% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $116.23 is up $4.47 compared to last week and up $14.14 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,932,833
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,317,150
THE LION KING $1,859,496
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,672,109
WICKED $1,408,133


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($260,295), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($264,917), 1984 ($271,920), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($297,081), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($332,574)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

TIME AND THE CONWAYS $172,101
THE LION KING $67,781
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 $29,468
ALADDIN $14,604
COME FROM AWAY $12,768


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CATS ($-187,580), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ($-155,578), KINKY BOOTS ($-149,167), MISS SAIGON ($-127,354), WICKED ($-84,344)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $272.59
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $209.98
HELLO, DOLLY! $204.06
COME FROM AWAY $153.80
THE BOOK OF MORMON $137.53


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($46.17), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($56.01), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($57.53), 1984 ($61.56), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($71.94)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HELLO, DOLLY! 126.61%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 121.38%
HAMILTON 111.69%
COME FROM AWAY 103.95%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 100.09%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (33.45%), 1984 (35.09%), CATS (39.99%), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (41.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (41.95%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

COME FROM AWAY 101.9%
HAMILTON 101.8%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.2%
THE LION KING 99.9%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
1984 (56.9%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (59.0%), MISS SAIGON (60.5%), CATS (63.9%), KINKY BOOTS (67.6%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

TIME AND THE CONWAYS 2833
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 589
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG 270
THE LION KING 71
ALADDIN 39


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
CATS (-2402), WICKED (-2199), MISS SAIGON (-2068), KINKY BOOTS (-1750), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (-1673)

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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