Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/16/22

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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.

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Of note this week, THE PIANO LESSON opened at the Barrymore 10/13. TOPDOG/UNDERDOG is in previews at the Golden and opens 10/20. ALMOST FAMOUS is in previews at the Jacobs and opens 11/3. KIMBERLY AKIMBO began previews at the Booth and opens 11/10. KPOP began previews at Circle in the Square and opens 11/20. A Note About WICKED: There were two capacities at the Gershwin Theatre this week. Four performances had 1,807 seats and four performances had 1,926 seats, for a total capacity of 14,932. As this report cannot accommodate both capacities, the figure 1,867 was used.

Please note Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend fell within the week prior (week ending 10/9/2022).

Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: TOPDOG / UNDERDOG (13.4%), THE PIANO LESSON (9.4%), HAMILTON (4%), ALMOST FAMOUS (3.8%), LEOPOLDSTADT (2.3%), THE KITE RUNNER (2.1%), SIX (1.5%), FUNNY GIRL (0.6%), THE LION KING (0.3%), ALADDIN (0.2%), MJ THE MUSICAL (0.1%), THE MUSIC MAN (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: COST OF LIVING (-18.8%), 1776 (-12.2%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-11.1%), INTO THE WOODS (-7.7%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-5.2%), BEETLEJUICE (-4.4%), A STRANGE LOOP (-3.7%), CHICAGO (-2.5%), WICKED (-1.7%), HADESTOWN (-1.6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.7%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.1%),

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This week, 27 shows played on Broadway, with 225,731 tickets sold and a total gross of $28,621,480. The average ticket price was $126.79.

This was up the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 1.56%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -1.52% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $126.79 is down $-3.97 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE MUSIC MAN: $2,925,463
HAMILTON: $2,051,552
THE LION KING: $1,815,269
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,777,138
WICKED: $1,726,236


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
TOPDOG / UNDERDOG ($220,016), COST OF LIVING ($224,121), 1776 ($339,883), THE KITE RUNNER ($348,090), DEATH OF A SALESMAN ($512,979)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
LEOPOLDSTADT: $191,096
DEATH OF A SALESMAN: $111,528
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: $61,407
COST OF LIVING: $55,438
A STRANGE LOOP: $15,024


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-250,790), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-226,226), BEETLEJUICE ($-191,299), THE MUSIC MAN ($-174,245), WICKED ($-113,121)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE MUSIC MAN: $240.64
HAMILTON: $192.45
FUNNY GIRL: $173.33
MJ THE MUSICAL: $159.48
LEOPOLDSTADT: $153.05


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
TOPDOG / UNDERDOG ($39.98), COST OF LIVING ($72.72), 1776 ($76.60), DEATH OF A SALESMAN ($83.29), CHICAGO ($86.80)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: 100.9%
HAMILTON: 100.6%
MJ THE MUSICAL: 100.4%
FUNNY GIRL: 100.4%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 99.8%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
COST OF LIVING (61.6%), INTO THE WOODS (71.1%), THE KITE RUNNER (72.6%), 1776 (76.7%), BEETLEJUICE (78%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
TOPDOG / UNDERDOG: 859
THE PIANO LESSON: 786
HAMILTON: 423
WICKED: 228
LEOPOLDSTADT: 203


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-977), COST OF LIVING (-939), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (-869), 1776 (-705), ALMOST FAMOUS (-691)

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..