Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/10/23

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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: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH began previews at the Music Box and opens on 9/27. NYC Broadway Week began on 9/4 and continues through 9/17. Please note that Labor Day weekend fell within the week prior.        

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (12.1%), CHICAGO (10.2%), WICKED (2.2%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (1.5%), MJ THE MUSICAL (0.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (0.5%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: & JULIET (-10%), THE COTTAGE (-9.9%), SHUCKED (-9.2%), HERE LIES LOVE (-7%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-6%), HADESTOWN (-4.8%), SIX (-4.7%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (-3.9%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (-3.8%), ALADDIN (-3%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-3%), THE SHARK IS BROKEN (-3%), THE LION KING (-1.5%), HAMILTON (-0.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.6%),

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This week, 22 shows played on Broadway, with 189,965 tickets sold and a total gross of $21,334,228. The average ticket price was $112.31.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -9.16%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -18.03% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $112.31 is down $-12.15 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $1,850,459
HAMILTON: $1,746,638
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,593,122
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,515,558
WICKED: $1,487,873


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($276,921), THE COTTAGE ($317,658), KIMBERLY AKIMBO ($587,093), HERE LIES LOVE ($604,271), HADESTOWN ($670,977)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL: $115,536
CHICAGO: $42,905
THE SHARK IS BROKEN: $-5,205
THE COTTAGE: $-16,302
HADESTOWN: $-20,407


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ($-259,714), & JULIET ($-252,168), THE LION KING ($-226,916), WICKED ($-209,154), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL ($-155,035)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON: $165.10
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $158.57
MJ THE MUSICAL: $140.82
THE LION KING: $140.01
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL: $135.54


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
THE SHARK IS BROKEN ($57.62), HERE LIES LOVE ($85.43), SHUCKED ($87.74), CHICAGO ($89.34), SOME LIKE IT HOT ($89.54)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 99.9%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 98.2%
THE LION KING: 97.4%
THE BOOK OF MORMON: 97.2%
MJ THE MUSICAL: 97%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
THE SHARK IS BROKEN (74.9%), THE COTTAGE (75.7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (76.9%), HERE LIES LOVE (80.3%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (80.6%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL: 1116
CHICAGO: 884
WICKED: 320
SOME LIKE IT HOT: 166
MJ THE MUSICAL: 98


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
SHUCKED (-864), & JULIET (-817), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-709), HERE LIES LOVE (-612), THE COTTAGE (-460)

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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