Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/12/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/12/2023 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: HARMONY is in previews at the Barrymore and opens on 11/13. SPAMALOT is in previews at the St. James and opens on 11/16. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG grossed $1,865,831.00 for its 8 performances the week ending 11/12, breaking the record it previously set the week ending 10/29 with a gross of $1,840,835.00.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: THE SHARK IS BROKEN (19.1%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (11.2%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (10.8%), HARMONY (10.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (9.5%), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (9.5%), HERE LIES LOVE (9.3%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (9%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (8.5%), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (7.7%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (6%), CHICAGO (6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (5.6%), SHUCKED (5.6%), HADESTOWN (5.3%), SIX (4.5%), WICKED (3.1%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.1%), HAMILTON (1.5%), SPAMALOT (0.6%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (0.6%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-6%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-3.5%), THE LION KING (-1.6%), I NEED THAT (-0.7%), & JULIET (-0.3%),

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This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 235,777 tickets sold and a total gross of $29,163,440. The average ticket price was $123.69.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 5.66%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 9.86% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $123.69 is up $4.73 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $1,990,894
HAMILTON: $1,941,374
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $1,865,831
WICKED: $1,864,500
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,770,126


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW ($328,544), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($350,489), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($376,267), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($626,673), HARMONY ($643,894)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $280,640
BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL: $235,600
HAMILTON: $173,325
HARMONY: $162,733
SOME LIKE IT HOT: $158,431


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HERE LIES LOVE ($-37,721), ALADDIN ($-24,020), THE LION KING ($4,160), MJ THE MUSICAL ($16,932), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($25,905)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $241.44
HAMILTON: $181.83
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $170.80
MJ THE MUSICAL: $152.75
THE LION KING: $151.02


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($71.66), SPAMALOT ($71.93), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($75.75), HARMONY ($85.40), HERE LIES LOVE ($93.72)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 100.8%
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 99.2%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 98.8%
WICKED: 97.7%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (68.8%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (71.9%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (74.8%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (76.2%), MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW (81%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
HARMONY: 1700
SPAMALOT: 1560
THE SHARK IS BROKEN: 1226
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 1141
SOME LIKE IT HOT: 1038


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-771), MJ THE MUSICAL (-392), THE LION KING (-226), I NEED THAT (-38), & JULIET (-19)

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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