Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/21/23; Final Week of Season

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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.

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This was the final week of the 2022-2023 season, which began on 5/23/2022 and ended on 5/21/2023.  GREY HOUSE is in previews at the Lyceum and opens on 5/30. The Weds. 5/17 matinee was cancelled. ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME is in previews at the Marquis and opens on 6/22.
 

Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: CHICAGO (17.7%), SOME LIKE IT HOT (11.2%), GREY HOUSE (10.3%), WICKED (9.4%), FAT HAM (8.1%), LEOPOLDSTADT (7.3%), GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR (7.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (6.8%), A DOLL'S HOUSE (6.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (5.7%), ALADDIN (5.6%), HADESTOWN (5.4%), BAD CINDERELLA (5.2%), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (5.1%), LIFE OF PI (5%), SHUCKED (5%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (4.6%), PARADE (4.5%), A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL (3.9%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (3.5%), KIMBERLY AKIMBO (3.4%), THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW (3.4%), & JULIET (3.3%), HAMILTON (2.8%), MJ THE MUSICAL (2.5%), SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2.3%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.2%), SIX (2.1%), PRIMA FACIE (1.5%), THE LION KING (0.7%), SUMMER, 1976 (0.6%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FUNNY GIRL (-23.3%), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME (-10%), CAMELOT (-2.5%),

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This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 276,777 tickets sold and a total gross of $32,919,242. The average ticket price was $118.94.

This was less than the number of shows as last week. Compared to last week, attendance was up 4.47%. On the sales front, overall grosses were up 5.25% vs. last week. This week's average ticket price of $118.94 is up $0.89 compared to last week.

Top 5 by This Week Gross
THE LION KING: $2,144,717
HAMILTON: $1,906,604
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $1,867,368
MJ THE MUSICAL: $1,682,942
WICKED: $1,678,944


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY ($243,034), GREY HOUSE ($351,949), BAD CINDERELLA ($384,528), FAT HAM ($393,036), PETER PAN GOES WRONG ($482,748)


Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME: $412,669
ALADDIN: $207,669
THE LION KING: $184,639
WICKED: $178,758
SOME LIKE IT HOT: $163,025


Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
FUNNY GIRL ($-489,240), PARADE ($-88,028), GREY HOUSE ($-32,227), CAMELOT ($-19,888), LIFE OF PI ($-6,704)


Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: $178.61
HAMILTON: $178.54
FUNNY GIRL: $174.02
THE LION KING: $169.61
PRIMA FACIE: $153.39


Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
BAD CINDERELLA ($50.28), GREY HOUSE ($65.56), ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME ($70.49), FAT HAM ($75.22), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY ($76.89)


Top 5 by % of Total Seats Filled
HAMILTON: 100.8%
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: 99.7%
MJ THE MUSICAL: 99.2%
HADESTOWN: 99.1%
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL: 98.9%


Bottom 5 % of Total Seats Filled
LEOPOLDSTADT (66.3%), PETER PAN GOES WRONG (67.3%), FUNNY GIRL (67.7%), THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (68%), BAD CINDERELLA (68.4%)


Top 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME: 6913
CHICAGO: 1533
WICKED: 1346
SOME LIKE IT HOT: 1304
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD: 884


Bottom 5 by Total Attendance This Week vs. Last Week
FUNNY GIRL (-2276), CAMELOT (-210), GREY HOUSE (-30),

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..