Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/8/23

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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: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING opened at the Friedman on 10/3. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is in previews at the Hudson and officially opens on 10/10. The opening was celebrated at the Sunday, 10/8 preview, which was entirely comped. GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! is in previews at the Jones and opens on 10/12. Please note that Indigenous Peoples' Day/Columbus Day weekend fell within this week. It also fell within Week 20 last season. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG had five comped press performances last week as well as a fully comped Red Carpet Celebration on Sunday.                          

 

Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: WICKED (16.6%), HERE LIES LOVE (13.8%), HADESTOWN (12.5%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (11%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (9.6%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (9.4%), SIX (8.3%), SHUCKED (8.2%), & JULIET (7.1%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (7%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (6.9%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (6.3%), ALADDIN (5.9%), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (4.9%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (4.9%), THE COTTAGE (4.4%), MJ THE MUSICAL (4.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (3.7%), CHICAGO (0.1%), THE LION KING (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (-17.4%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (-12.5%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-3%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-2.4%), HAMILTON (-0.1%),

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This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 211,869 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,973,476. The average ticket price was $127.31.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 6.22%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 16.68% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $127.31 is up $11.41 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $2,321,581
WICKED: $1,926,142
HAMILTON: $1,880,390
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,669,618
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,667,808


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($192,267), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($254,263), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($259,875), THE COTTAGE ($325,965), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($485,588)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED: $505,774
THE LION KING: $398,318
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: $398,141
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL: $297,608
MJ THE MUSICAL: $257,670


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG ($-227,248), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($13,154), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($25,756), THE COTTAGE ($32,285), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! ($40,443)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $184.03
HAMILTON: $178.29
THE LION KING: $171.89
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $168.93
MJ THE MUSICAL: $161.07


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($51.79), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($68.28), HERE LIES LOVE ($89.65), THE COTTAGE ($91.31), SHUCKED ($93.93)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 99.6%
HAMILTON: 99.6%
THE LION KING: 99.5%
WICKED: 98.3%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
THE SHARK IS BROKEN (58%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (60.6%), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (62.8%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (74%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (74.3%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED: 2390
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL: 1304
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: 1252
HERE LIES LOVE: 1216
SOME LIKE IT HOT: 1094


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (-1005), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (-505), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-323), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-151), HAMILTON (-10)

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..