Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/8/24 - WICKED on Broadway Continues to Lead Amid Movie Release

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/8/2024 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: TAMMY FAYE and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS closed on 12/8. CULT OF LOVE is in previews at the Hayes and opens on 12/12. EUREKA DAY is in previews at the Friedman and opens on 12/16. GYPSY is in previews at the Majestic and opens on 12/19.    
THE ROOMMATE cancelled two performances (Fri. 12/6 and Sat. 12/7 mat.). Thanksgiving fell within the prior week (week ending 12/1/2024).

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SWEPT AWAY (20.4%), A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (18.3%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (10.3%), TAMMY FAYE (8.9%), THE NOTEBOOK (8.1%), OUR TOWN (7.9%), CULT OF LOVE (7.2%), MJ THE MUSICAL (5.6%), SUNSET BLVD. (3.8%), SUFFS (3.6%), DEATH BECOMES HER (3.5%), HELL'S KITCHEN (2.5%), THE ROOMMATE (2.4%), GYPSY (2.2%), THE LION KING (2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (1.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.5%), EUREKA DAY (0.7%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (0.7%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-7.6%), ELF (-7.6%), & JULIET (-6.7%), HADESTOWN (-5%), HAMILTON (-4.6%), SIX (-3.5%), ROMEO + JULIET (-3.1%), CHICAGO (-2.6%), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA (-2.4%), STEREOPHONIC (-1.7%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-1.4%), ALADDIN (-1.2%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-0.8%), LEFT ON TENTH (-0.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.3%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.2%),

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This week, 37 shows played on Broadway, with 309,802 tickets sold and a total gross of $42,021,721. The average ticket price was $135.64.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was down -0.75%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -8.74% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $135.64 is down $-11.88 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
WICKED: $2,782,795
THE LION KING: $2,489,493
HAMILTON: $2,030,772
SUNSET BLVD.: $1,832,884
ELF: $1,826,498


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
EUREKA DAY ($227,533), CULT OF LOVE ($299,320), THE ROOMMATE ($332,314), TAMMY FAYE ($371,511), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA ($406,926)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: $162,900
LEFT ON TENTH: $160,336
THE NOTEBOOK: $134,730
SWEPT AWAY: $128,124
A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL: $128,052


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-548,772), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL ($-425,590), THE LION KING ($-393,783), THE OUTSIDERS ($-313,316), ALADDIN ($-311,923)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
HAMILTON: $204.14
THE LION KING: $187.03
THE OUTSIDERS: $183.04
WICKED: $180.61
OH, MARY!: $174.08


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
EUREKA DAY ($68.78), CULT OF LOVE ($71.23), TAMMY FAYE ($75.24), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA ($76.06), SWEPT AWAY ($81.64)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
THE OUTSIDERS: 101.9%
OH, MARY!: 100%
WICKED: 100%
ROMEO + JULIET: 99.5%
DEATH BECOMES HER: 99.4%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
TAMMY FAYE (47.3%), LEFT ON TENTH (51.2%), THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA (56.9%), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (66.5%), EUREKA DAY (73.5%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
SWEPT AWAY: 1659
A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL: 1457
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: 1142
TAMMY FAYE: 924
CULT OF LOVE: 819


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
SIX (-1206), ELF (-967), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-903), & JULIET (-551), HAMILTON (-485)

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..