Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/22/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 10/22/2023 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: I NEED THAT is in previews at the American Airlines and opens on 11/2. HARMONY began previews at the Barrymore and opens on 11/13. The matinee of HAMILTON on Weds. 10/18 was an education matinee. There were two capacities for WICKED 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. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG broke the house record for an 8-performance week at the Hudson Theatre, with a gross of $1,820,753.00.                                   

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (4.9%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (4.7%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (2.8%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (2.7%), CHICAGO (2.6%), HADESTOWN (2.5%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (1.7%), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (1.7%), SHUCKED (1.7%), ALADDIN (1.6%), HERE LIES LOVE (0.4%), THE LION KING (0.4%), HAMILTON (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SOME LIKE IT HOT (-7.1%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-2.2%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (-1.9%), I NEED THAT (-1.7%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-1.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-1.6%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-1.4%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-1.1%), & JULIET (-0.9%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-0.1%), SIX (-0.1%), WICKED (-0.1%),

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This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 224,832 tickets sold and a total gross of $28,106,860. The average ticket price was $125.01.

This was up the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 3.55%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 2.58% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $125.01 is down $-1.19 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $2,063,215
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $1,820,753
WICKED: $1,809,977
HAMILTON: $1,801,365
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,710,928


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($231,628), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($241,761), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($348,453), THE COTTAGE ($358,532), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($554,667)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
I NEED THAT: $277,199
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $113,791
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!: $90,278
HERE LIES LOVE: $89,356
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH: $69,458


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-130,552), WICKED ($-96,858), ALADDIN ($-69,282), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL ($-54,811), SOME LIKE IT HOT ($-50,532)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $235.60
HAMILTON: $168.37
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $166.03
MJ THE MUSICAL: $152.46
THE LION KING: $152.42


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($62.18), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($69.44), SHUCKED ($94.55), HADESTOWN ($96.96), ALADDIN ($97.73)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 101%
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
THE LION KING: 99.8%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 98.3%
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: 97.6%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (57.2%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (60.6%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (63.4%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (74.7%), THE COTTAGE (75.3%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
I NEED THAT: 2719
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH: 375
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: 250
THE BOOK OF MORMON: 231
ALADDIN: 228


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
SOME LIKE IT HOT (-815), WICKED (-474), MJ THE MUSICAL (-181), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-167), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (-162)

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..

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