Holiday box office continued to rise on Broadway for the week ending December 22. The 34 shows brought in a total of $44,466,554, up 1.171% from the previous week.
Topping that list was the long-running international hit Wicked, which has been dominating box-office figures as the first part of the film version continues to score with moviegoers around the world. The Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical was the sole Broadway production of the week to take in over $3 million, earning $3,024,095 at the Gershwin with an average ticket price of $196.27.
It was also a sparkle-jolly-twinkle-jin-gle-y week for Elf The Musical, with gross sales of $2,230,419 and an average ticket price of $177.21. In fact, the holiday return of the family-friendly holiday show, co-starring Grey Henson and Sean Astin, broke the house record at the Marquis. The previous record of $2,146,200 was held by Beetlejuice for its eight-performance week ending January 8, 2023.
Others in the top five highest grossers included The Lion King ($2,897,476), Hamilton ($2,491,550), and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($1,777,705).
Overall, 302,828 theatregoers attended a Broadway production last week (down slightly from 314,951 the previous week) and paid an average price of $146.84. In a cheerful sign, 27 of those shows played to 90% capacity or more.
Take a look at the full report here.
The $1 Million Club (shows that earned $1 million or more at the box office):
- Wicked ($3.02 million)
- The Lion King ($2.90 million)
- Hamilton ($2.49 million)
- Elf ($2.23 million)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($1.78 million)
- The Great Gatsby ($1.77 million)
- Aladdin ($1.74 million)
- The Outsiders ($1.73 million)
- MJ the Musical ($1.71 million)
- Sunset Boulevard ($1.67 million)
- Gypsy ($1.57 million)
- Hell's Kitchen ($1.45 million)
- The Book of Mormon ($1.36 million)
- Death Becomes Her ($1.33 million)
- All In: Comedy About Love ($1.33 million)
- Back to the Future ($1.29 million)
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical ($1.28 million)
- Oh, Mary! ($1.24 million)
- Cabaret ($1.22 million)
- & Juliet ($1.19 million)
- Romeo + Juliet ($1.1 million)
- Six ($1.09 million)
- Suffs ($1.07 million)
- Hadestown ($1.02 million)
(24 of 34 currently running productions)
The 90s Club (shows that played to 90% or higher of their seats filled over the entire week):
- The Outsiders (102.22%)
- Romeo + Juliet (101.90%)
- Suffs (101.14%)
- Hamilton (100.72%)
- Chicago (100.38%)
- Hadestown (100.34%)
- All In: Comedy About Love (100%)
- Oh, Mary! (100%)
- Stereophonic (100%)
- Wicked (100%)
- The Lion King (98.78%)
- The Great Gatsby (98.75%)
- The Book of Mormon (98.37%)
- Elf (98.33%)
- & Juliet (97.02%)
- Aladdin (96.64%)
- Six (96.39%)
- Cabaret (95.62%)
- Maybe Happy Ending (95.22%)
- Death Becomes Her (94.72%)
- MJ the Musical (94.71%)
- Hell's Kitchen (94.70%)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (94.30%)
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical (92.64%)
- Sunset Blvd. (92.23%)
- Back to the Future (92.02%)
- Gypsy (90.86%)
(27 of 34 currently running productions)
