Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/23/23

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/23/2023 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: PETER PAN GOES WRONG opened at the Barrymore on 4/19. THE THANKSGIVING PLAY opened at the Hayes on 4/20. PRIMA FACIE opened at the Golden on 4/23. PRIMA FACIE's gross of $807,373.00 included comps for opening night and several press performances. GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR is in previews at the Belasco and opens on 4/24. SUMMER, 1976 is in previews at the Friedman and opens on 4/25. NEW YORK, NEW YORK is in previews at the St. James and opens on 4/26.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (12.5%), FAT HAM (12.1%), SUMMER, 1976 (7%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (6.9%), PICTURES FROM HOME (3.4%), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (2.9%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (2.8%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL (1.7%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN' (-16.6%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-14.5%), FUNNY GIRL (-7.1%), BAD CINDERELLA (-7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (-5.6%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (-4.5%), CAMELOT (-4.1%), HADESTOWN (-3.6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-3.2%), MJ THE MUSICAL (-2.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-2.7%), THE LION KING (-2.7%), & JULIET (-2.6%), LEOPOLDSTADT (-2%), PARADE (-2%), SHUCKED (-2%), WICKED (-1.6%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (-1.5%), PRIMA FACIE (-1.5%), LIFE OF PI (-1.4%), CHICAGO (-1.3%), SIX (-1%), ALADDIN (-1%), HAMILTON (-0.4%),

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This week, 33 shows played on Broadway, with 262,032 tickets sold and a total gross of $31,558,171. The average ticket price was $120.44.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -7.37%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -17.98% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $120.44 is down $-15.57 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $2,165,365
HAMILTON: $1,946,309
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,823,700
WICKED: $1,732,716
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,641,192


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY ($205,807), PICTURES FROM HOME ($292,860), SUMMER, 1976 ($355,365), FAT HAM ($368,730), BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN' ($456,343)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
CAMELOT: $84,755
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL: $79,404
FAT HAM: $58,899
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY: $38,600
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $34,047


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
THE LION KING ($-660,542), WICKED ($-518,296), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-424,598), ALADDIN ($-403,157), & JULIET ($-177,729)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
FUNNY GIRL: $197.41
HAMILTON: $182.34
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $172.57
THE LION KING: $168.96
MJ THE MUSICAL: $153.18


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY ($52.04), PICTURES FROM HOME ($70.15), SHUCKED ($70.19), BAD CINDERELLA ($74.05), FAT HAM ($74.12)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 100.8%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 100.8%
WICKED: 97.4%
& JULIET: 97.3%
PRIMA FACIE: 96.9%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
LEOPOLDSTADT (56%), BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN' (57.1%), BAD CINDERELLA (65.1%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (69%), PICTURES FROM HOME (73.9%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR: 895
PRIMA FACIE: 694
FAT HAM: 681
KIMBERLY AKIMBO: 428
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: 384


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
THE LION KING (-2024), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-1876), BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN' (-1319), WICKED (-1174), BAD CINDERELLA (-789)

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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