Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/5/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/5/2023 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 opened at the American Airlines on 11/2. HARMONY is in previews at the Barrymore and opens on 11/13. SPAMALOT began previews at the St. James and opens on 11/16.        
The matinee of HAMILTON on Weds. 11/1 was an education matinee. The matinee of SIX on Thurs. 11/2 was a TDF Introduction to Theatre performance/buyout.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: Melissa Etheridge: MY WINDOW (15.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (6.1%), SIX (4.8%), I NEED THAT (4%), HARMONY (3.9%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.9%), & JULIET (2.1%), HADESTOWN (0.7%), MJ THE MUSICAL (0.7%), SHUCKED (0.6%), CHICAGO (0.4%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (-10.1%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-6.3%), HERE LIES LOVE (-4.4%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (-4.2%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (-4.1%), WICKED (-2.4%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-2.2%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-2.1%), ALADDIN (-1.7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-1.5%), THE LION KING (-0.9%), GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! (-0.7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-0.6%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-0.2%), HAMILTON (-0.2%),

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This week, 28 shows played on Broadway, with 223,151 tickets sold and a total gross of $26,546,735. The average ticket price was $118.96.

This was the same as the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 2.09%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 0.25% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $118.96 is down $-2.18 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $1,986,734
WICKED: $1,834,506
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $1,811,423
HAMILTON: $1,768,049
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,539,105


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
Melissa Etheridge: MY WINDOW ($239,216), THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($262,076), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($350,362), HARMONY ($481,160), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH ($529,318)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: $112,105
HERE LIES LOVE: $103,541
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: $76,446
SIX: $51,271
& JULIET: $39,602


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET ($-93,826), WICKED ($-87,977), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL ($-81,077), THE LION KING ($-77,746), ALADDIN ($-52,075)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: $234.40
HAMILTON: $168.05
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $161.50
THE LION KING: $148.16
MJ THE MUSICAL: $145.49


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($71.51), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING ($76.65), HARMONY ($82.39), SHUCKED ($87.10), HADESTOWN ($90.18)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: 100%
HAMILTON: 99.3%
THE LION KING: 98.8%
I NEED THAT: 97.9%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 97.1%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
THE SHARK IS BROKEN (57.1%), PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (60.3%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (62.4%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (65.8%), Melissa Etheridge: MY WINDOW (71.5%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: 791
Melissa Etheridge: MY WINDOW: 549
SIX: 399
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 298
HARMONY: 280


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-665), JAJA'S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING (-523), HERE LIES LOVE (-387), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (-377), WICKED (-351)

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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