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Thanksgiving Week Sends Broadway Box Office to $48.36 Million as ‘Hamilton’ Sets All-Time High

Holiday demand, higher average ticket prices and star turns from Leslie Odom Jr. and Tom Felton pushed several shows to new box-office records.

Overview

  • Across 34 productions, Broadway sold 297,902 tickets and grossed $48,363,979 for the week ending Nov. 30, up 19% from the prior week as average paid admission rose to $162.35 and attendance increased 2.6%.
  • Hamilton led with $4,877,800, the show’s best week ever on Broadway, fueled by a $454.81 average ticket price.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child earned $3,152,532, breaking the box-office record at the Lyric Theatre as Tom Felton’s casting continued to boost demand.
  • Mamma Mia! posted $2,020,119 at the Winter Garden Theatre, marking its strongest week to date and its first entry into the $2 million club.
  • Chicago notched a Thanksgiving night single-performance record with $151,362.45, and Chess was reported to have set an Imperial Theatre house record with roughly $2.07 million.