Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/1/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/1/2023 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

Of note this week: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH opened at the Music Box on 9/27. MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW opened at Circle in the Square on 9/28. JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING is in previews at the Friedman and opens on 10/3. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is in previews at the Hudson and opens on 10/10. GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! is in previews at the Jones and opens on 10/12.  MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG grossed $1,471,644.00 for its 7 performances the week ending 10/1, breaking the 7-performance week record previously set by AMERICAN UTOPIA with a gross of $1,431,543.

Click Here to Visit the Broadway Grosses...
 

Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: KIMBERLY AKIMBO (4.7%), WICKED (4.7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (3.5%), THE LION KING (3%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (2.5%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (1.8%), CHICAGO (1.6%), SIX (1.6%), & JULIET (1.1%), HAMILTON (0.5%), MJ THE MUSICAL (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (-9.1%), HERE LIES LOVE (-8.6%), SHUCKED (-7%), THE COTTAGE (-4.9%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-4.8%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-4.6%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (-4.3%), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (-3.4%), HADESTOWN (-2%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-1.8%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-1.6%), ALADDIN (-1.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.7%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-0.5%),

Click Here to Visit the BroadwayWorld Grosses...

This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 199,458 tickets sold and a total gross of $23,116,749. The average ticket price was $115.90.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.34%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 3.01% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $115.90 is up $3.00 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $1,923,263
HAMILTON: $1,776,084
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,504,071
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $1,471,644
WICKED: $1,420,368


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($179,113), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($193,619), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($228,507), THE COTTAGE ($293,680), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($358,336)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $167,136
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH: $98,733
WICKED: $98,408
SOME LIKE IT HOT: $76,915
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!: $71,947


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HERE LIES LOVE ($-56,186), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL ($-34,743), THE COTTAGE ($-28,910), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET ($-26,832), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($-20,630)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $217.63
HAMILTON: $168.24
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $147.52
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL: $146.30
THE LION KING: $142.62


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($40.61), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($58.97), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($60.76), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($76.94), THE COTTAGE ($87.27)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
HAMILTON: 99.7%
THE LION KING: 99.4%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 97.2%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 94.7%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
THE SHARK IS BROKEN (60.4%), HERE LIES LOVE (64.8%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (64.9%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (67.7%), THE COTTAGE (72.4%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 966
WICKED: 691
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!: 580
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: 482
THE LION KING: 405


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (-914), HERE LIES LOVE (-755), SHUCKED (-658), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-572), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-293)

That's all for this week... Note: All data presented for informational purposes only. BroadwayWorld makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of the data, or the matter in which it's presented. Source: The Broadway League..

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!