INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 2/5

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 2/4/2018.

This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 210,097 tickets sold and a total gross of $24,869,635. The average ticket price was $118.37.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week and up 5 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -5.25%. Versus last year, attendance was up 8.89%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -9.64% vs. last week and up 17.99% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $118.37 is down $-5.75 compared to last week and up $9.13 compared to last year.

Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON	$2,789,366
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	$2,408,900
THE LION KING	$1,667,193
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$1,663,825
WICKED	$1,369,479

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE CHILDREN ($273,595), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($295,911), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($400,167), John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART ($405,364), CHICAGO ($514,131)

Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA	$6,195
THE CHILDREN	$930
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	$-1,500
LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS	$-7,280
John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART	$-28,270

Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WAITRESS ($-451,776), HAMILTON ($-297,170), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($-184,960), HELLO, DOLLY! ($-159,712), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($-159,656)

Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	$508.21
HAMILTON	$259.81
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	$209.10
WAITRESS	$160.98
COME FROM AWAY	$133.04

Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE CHILDREN ($59.96), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($64.95), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ($67.16), THE PARISIAN WOMAN ($73.25), SCHOOL OF ROCK ($73.93)

Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

DEAR EVAN HANSEN	116.75%
WAITRESS	115.23%
HAMILTON	106.03%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	101.03%
THE BOOK OF MORMON	95.38%

Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
THE PARISIAN WOMAN (38.58%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (39.48%), THE CHILDREN (39.76%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (43.66%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (46.17%)

Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

HAMILTON	101.6%
COME FROM AWAY	101.5%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN	101.1%
THE BOOK OF MORMON	100.3%
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY	100.0%

Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SCHOOL OF ROCK (63.3%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (66.7%), KINKY BOOTS (68.9%), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (69.9%), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (75.2%)

Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

THE CHILDREN

203

Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1147), WAITRESS (-1107), SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (-1086), SCHOOL OF ROCK (-1063), THE PARISIAN WOMAN (-768)

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..