Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/27/23

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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.

Of note this week: EL MAGO POP and GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR closed on 8/27.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (15.9%), EL MAGO POP (9%), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (8.5%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (6.2%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (6.1%), THE COTTAGE (5%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (3%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.4%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (2.1%), GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (1.5%), SHUCKED (1%), ALADDIN (0.8%), & JULIET (0.5%), WICKED (0.3%), MJ THE MUSICAL (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HERE LIES LOVE (-11.8%), THE LION KING (-5.6%), HADESTOWN (-4.5%), SIX (-4.3%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-3.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-2.6%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-1.6%), HAMILTON (-1.2%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-1.1%), CHICAGO (-0.9%),

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This week, 25 shows played on Broadway, with 214,332 tickets sold and a total gross of $27,215,118. The average ticket price was $126.98.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 0.49%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 5.46% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $126.98 is up $5.98 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
EL MAGO POP: $2,717,000
FUNNY GIRL: $2,132,454
THE LION KING: $1,991,990
HAMILTON: $1,834,851
WICKED: $1,514,362


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($277,366), THE COTTAGE ($330,172), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME ($451,814), KIMBERLY AKIMBO ($589,375), CHICAGO ($597,247)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
EL MAGO POP: $2,092,174
FUNNY GIRL: $915,995
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR: $85,268
KIMBERLY AKIMBO: $43,421
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $41,809


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-234,645), HERE LIES LOVE ($-150,154), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-121,033), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL ($-89,306), HAMILTON ($-70,002)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
FUNNY GIRL: $226.98
EL MAGO POP: $212.85
HAMILTON: $173.90
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR: $158.70
THE LION KING: $156.39


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($54.31), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME ($65.95), SHUCKED ($83.97), THE COTTAGE ($85.80), HADESTOWN ($88.51)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR: 101%
HAMILTON: 99.6%
& JULIET: 97.5%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 97.2%
EL MAGO POP: 96.5%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (53.4%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (60.3%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (64%), CHICAGO (74.2%), HERE LIES LOVE (79%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
EL MAGO POP: 7422
FUNNY GIRL: 1555
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME: 1087
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 648
THE SHARK IS BROKEN: 398


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
HERE LIES LOVE (-1034), THE LION KING (-762), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-366), SIX (-348), HADESTOWN (-326)

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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