INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 10/10

By: Oct. 10, 2017
Get Access To Every Broadway Story

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click.




Existing user? Just click login.



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 10/8/2017.


This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 235,683 tickets sold and a total gross of $30,239,540. The average ticket price was $128.31.

This was up the number of shows as last week and the same vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 18.74%. Versus last year, attendance was down -3.28%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 30.31% vs. last week and up 16.74% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $128.31 is up $11.39 compared to last week and up $22.01 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $2,928,486
HELLO, DOLLY! $2,346,835
THE LION KING $2,277,458
WICKED $1,869,463
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $1,674,685


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($291,670), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($319,859), PRINCE OF BROADWAY ($388,698), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($391,935), 1984 ($490,658)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

WICKED $450,398
THE LION KING $401,136
SCHOOL OF ROCK $360,804
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY $283,684
ALADDIN $272,214


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-13,181), DEAR EVAN HANSEN ($-5,621), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($22,208), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($30,563), HELLO, DOLLY! ($36,557)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $272.24
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $209.31
HELLO, DOLLY! $203.61
THE LION KING $167.87
COME FROM AWAY $162.07


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER ($44.56), TIME AND THE CONWAYS ($59.88), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($68.44), 1984 ($70.23), MISS SAIGON ($84.75)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HELLO, DOLLY! 128.24%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 121.57%
HAMILTON 111.53%
COME FROM AWAY 108.13%
WICKED 105.04%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (37.48%), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (50.59%), CATS (52.45%), PRINCE OF BROADWAY (52.72%), MISS SAIGON (53.25%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

BEAUTIFUL 115.2%
THE BOOK OF MORMON 102.6%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.7%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 101.6%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
MISS SAIGON (69.0%), CATS (78.1%), CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (79.5%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (80.1%), THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER (81.2%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

SCHOOL OF ROCK 2216
1984 1974
WICKED 1974
BEAUTIFUL 1874
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 1571


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
HELLO, DOLLY! (-69), COME FROM AWAY (-13),

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..


Vote Sponsor




Industry Classifieds

Videos