Overview
- For the week ending Oct. 18 Broadway’s 30 productions grossed $33.96 million, a decline of roughly 4% from the prior week even as attendance rose about 4% to 259,164.
- Hamilton led the week with about $2.78 million while 19 shows cleared $1 million, a concentration helped by high average paid tickets and premium seating.
- Just in Time returned to the $1 million club during Jeremy Jordan’s final performances, grossing roughly $1.04 million and playing to standing-room-only crowds.
- New arrivals and limited runs such as Other Desert Cities, A Few Good Men and Billy Crystal’s 860 posted strong preview grosses with Other Desert Cities taking in about $1.82 million despite heavily comped press nights.
- Industry figures say comped preview nights and higher ticket tiers are creating volatile weekly swings and the sector will need sustained paid demand through official openings and the holiday season to close the roughly 8% year‑to‑date revenue gap.