INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 9/17

By: Sep. 17, 2018
WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS
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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 9/16/2018.


This week, 29 shows played on Broadway, with 256,263 tickets sold and a total gross of $28,771,784. The average ticket price was $112.27.

This was less than the number of shows as last week and up 2 vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.88%. Versus last year, attendance was up 16.27%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -2.55% vs. last week and up 21.88% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $112.27 is down $-6.26 compared to last week and up $5.17 compared to last year.


Top 5 by This Week Gross

HAMILTON $3,201,498
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $2,004,006
THE LION KING $1,925,953
FROZEN $1,601,097
WICKED $1,460,436


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE NAP ($187,664), HEAD OVER HEELS ($232,461), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($255,805), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($296,681), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($301,943)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS $224,079
CAROUSEL $205,653
KINKY BOOTS $132,046
BEAUTIFUL $118,079
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $113,100


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MEAN GIRLS ($-51,178), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO ($-38,590), ANASTASIA ($-13,776), HAMILTON ($-7,703), THE BOOK OF MORMON ($10,375)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price

HAMILTON $297.70
DEAR EVAN HANSEN $179.19
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO $154.44
THE LION KING $142.36
MY FAIR LADY $140.16


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER ($44.10), THE NAP ($47.37), BERNHARDT/HAMLET ($61.36), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($61.44), HEAD OVER HEELS ($67.89)


Top 5 by Gross % of Potential

HAMILTON 110.56%
THE LION KING 102.96%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.78%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 99.9%
COME FROM AWAY 93.75%


Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
HEAD OVER HEELS (26.31%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (26.86%), THE NAP (27.02%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (38.43%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (43.78%)


Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats

THE BOOK OF MORMON 103.4%
HAMILTON 101.8%
COME FROM AWAY 101.6%
DEAR EVAN HANSEN 100.9%
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS ONE AND TWO 100.0%


Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
HEAD OVER HEELS (44.4%), SCHOOL OF ROCK (61.7%), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (70.7%), GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER (75.9%), THE NAP (77.0%)


Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER 2418
CAROUSEL 1956
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS 1702
KINKY BOOTS 1669
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1062


Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
MEAN GIRLS (-84), MY FAIR LADY (-37), HAMILTON (-2),

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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