Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/24/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 9/24/2023 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: NOTES: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH is in previews at the Music Box and opens on 9/27. MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW is in previews at Circle in the Square and opens on 9/28. JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING is in previews at the Friedman and opens on 10/3. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG began previews at the Hudson and opens on 10/10. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG grossed $1,304,508.00 in its first week of 6 performances for the week ending 9/24, breaking the 6-performance week record previously set by AMERICAN UTOPIA with a gross of $1.18 million. GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! is in previews at the Jones and opens on 10/12. HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD donated a block of seats for the Weds. 9/20 evening performance to the Entertainment Community Fund.    

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (9.4%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (2.4%), THE LION KING (0.7%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: WICKED (-21.1%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-17.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-15.6%), HADESTOWN (-11.9%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-11.9%), HERE LIES LOVE (-11.8%), CHICAGO (-11.4%), SIX (-10.7%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-9.2%), & JULIET (-9%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-7.7%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-7.4%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (-7.2%), SHUCKED (-5.9%), THE COTTAGE (-5.8%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-5.6%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-2.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-2.4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-1.6%), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (-1.1%), HAMILTON (-0.6%), ALADDIN (-0.6%),

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This week, 26 shows played on Broadway, with 198,785 tickets sold and a total gross of $22,442,339. The average ticket price was $112.90.

This was up the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.09%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 3.70% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $112.90 is up $6.31 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $1,911,026
HAMILTON: $1,744,838
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,530,902
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,379,582
WICKED: $1,321,960


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($180,008), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($199,742), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($225,056), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($259,603), THE COTTAGE ($322,590)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $675,202
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!: $311,092
THE LION KING: $76,644
HAMILTON: $36,332
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW: $15,581


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WICKED ($-204,329), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-154,906), SOME LIKE IT HOT ($-141,613), HADESTOWN ($-118,697), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL ($-118,540)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON: $166.11
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $153.03
THE LION KING: $146.10
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL: $141.67
MJ THE MUSICAL: $139.58


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($42.00), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($45.54), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($54.00), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($61.61), SHUCKED ($81.31)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 99.2%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 96.5%
THE LION KING: 96.4%
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: 96.1%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 95.4%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
SOME LIKE IT HOT (61.4%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (65%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (68.2%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (70.6%), HERE LIES LOVE (73.4%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!: 3540
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 1187
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW: 922
JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING: 571
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH: 193


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
WICKED (-3060), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-2022), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (-1442), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-1093), HERE LIES LOVE (-1039)

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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