Broadway Grosses Week Ending 9/14/2026: Hamilton Hits $2.5 Million as Christopher Jackson Returns to the Cast

Published: September 22, 2026 | Broadway Box Office Report

Broadway’s box office cooled slightly from its Labor Day peak, but one show more than made up the difference. For the reporting week ending Sunday, September 13, 2026 (the frame most outlets label as the “week ending 9/14”), the 26 productions then running on Broadway grossed a combined $25,019,859, according to figures compiled by BroadwayWorld and sourced from The Broadway League. That total marked a roughly 4.7% dip from the previous week’s $26,258,361, even as the industry rolled into one of its busiest promotional stretches of the fall: NYC Broadway Week, the popular two-for-one ticket deal that runs from September 14 through September 27, 2026.

The headline story of the week belonged to Hamilton, where original cast member Christopher Jackson made his triumphant return to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in the role of George Washington. Jackson’s first week back in the show sent average ticket prices soaring to $245.93 — more than $100 above the cross-Broadway average — and pushed the show’s weekly gross to an eye-popping $2,541,403, comfortably the highest total of any production on Broadway that week.

Why Broadway Grosses Dipped This Week

At first glance, a nearly 5% week-over-week decline might look like cause for concern, but the numbers tell a more nuanced story once the calendar is factored in. According to Broadway News‘s grosses analysis, this was Week 16 of the 2026–2027 Broadway season, and it landed in an awkward spot on the calendar: Labor Day weekend, historically one of the strongest frames of the year, fell within the prior reporting week (Week 15), which set an unusually high bar for comparison. Meanwhile, the Rosh Hashanah holiday fell during Week 16 itself, typically a modest drag on Tuesday-through-Thursday performances as some theatergoers observe the holiday rather than catching a show.

Encouragingly, attendance actually rose 1.4% week-over-week even as total revenue fell, and venue capacity held essentially flat, down just 0.3%. That combination points to a gross decline driven primarily by softer average ticket pricing rather than empty seats — a pattern consistent with the final push toward NYC Broadway Week, when participating shows begin offering the discounted two-for-one promotion. Comparing this week to the same period one year ago, in the 2025–2026 season, Broadway grosses were down 17%, though it’s worth noting last year’s comparable week had 28 shows running versus 26 this year, meaning a smaller pool of productions is naturally splitting a smaller pie.

Full Broadway Grosses by Show, Week Ending 9/13/2026

Below is the complete grosses breakdown for every show that reported box office numbers for the week, ranked in the order compiled by BroadwayWorld and the Broadway League. Figures include weekly gross, change from the previous week, average ticket price, top ticket price, attendance, and percentage of theater capacity filled.

Grosses data compiled from BroadwayWorld’s official Broadway League box office report for the week ending 9/13/2026. Totals: Combined gross $25,019,859; combined attendance 223,921; average per-show gross $962,302.

Hamilton’s Big Week: Christopher Jackson’s Broadway Homecoming

No storyline drove more excitement — or more revenue — this week than Christopher Jackson’s return to Hamilton. Jackson, a Grammy and Emmy winner who originated the role of George Washington in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical a decade ago, began a limited run back in the Broadway cast on September 8, 2026, playing through January 3, 2027. As Playbill reported, fans were willing to pay a significant premium to see him: the show’s average ticket price jumped to $245.93 this week, more than double the Broadway-wide average of $111.74.

That premium pricing, even without a fully sold-out house, was enough to push Hamilton’s weekly gross up more than $354,000 from the prior week to $2,541,403 — comfortably outdistancing every other show on the boards, including Wicked, The Lion King, and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’s a familiar pattern for the show: Jackson’s return echoes a similar box office spike last fall when fellow original cast member Leslie Odom, Jr. reprised his Tony-winning turn as Aaron Burr. The Hollywood Reporter also flagged the milestone in its own weekly box office roundup, underscoring how “stunt casting” of original Broadway alumni continues to be one of the most reliable box office levers available to long-running hits.

Other Notable Performers of the Week

Beyond Hamilton, several shows posted standout numbers relative to their size and theater capacity:

• Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre actually exceeded 100% capacity (100.24%), one of the few venues to do so this week, and its gross jumped nearly $185,000 week-over-week to $997,133 — a strong showing for a musical that has been running on Broadway for close to three decades.
• Titaníque, the jukebox parody musical at the St. James, posted a healthy $1,032,726 on the strength of a 93.3% capacity rate, even as the show approaches its previously announced closing.
• Paranormal Activity, still in its early weeks of previews at the August Wilson Theatre, posted a near-sellout 99.59% capacity — a strong signal for the horror-to-stage adaptation as it heads toward opening night.
• School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, starring Denée Benton, Patina Miller, and Jasmine Amy Rogers, posted its first partial week of grosses ($270,461) after beginning previews September 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ahead of a September 28 opening.

On the softer side, & Juliet saw one of the steepest week-over-week drops, down more than $177,000 to $601,908, while Hadestown and The Outsiders also gave back a meaningful chunk of the prior week’s gains. Long-running favorites like SIX: The Musical and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) continued to play at reduced capacity, in the 70-75% range, reflecting the broader late-summer softening that typically precedes the fall rebound.

The Bigger Picture: A Record Season Facing Tougher Comps

This week’s numbers arrive against an unusually strong backdrop. The 2025–2026 Broadway season closed as the industry’s highest-grossing season in history, at approximately $1.91 billion in total box office receipts and roughly 14.6 million in total attendance — the first time the industry topped its pre-pandemic benchmarks since 2019. That record-setting run makes year-over-year comparisons for the young 2026–2027 season look tougher than they might otherwise, since the current season is running about 5% behind last year’s pace through its first sixteen weeks, according to trade reporting.

Still, individual weeks continue to show pockets of real strength. Despite this week’s sequential dip, several outlets noted the week was still up substantially compared with the equivalent week in prior seasons on a same-show basis, and industry watchers point to the incoming NYC Broadway Week promotion — plus a stacked fall lineup — as reasons for optimism. Confirmed openings later this season include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris, and Joe Keery in Other Desert Cities (October 18); Billy Crystal’s solo show 860 (October 21); Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in a revival of Much Ado About Nothing (November 19); and the new musical Wanted (November 8) — a slate that should give the box office fresh fuel heading into the holiday season.

What Is NYC Broadway Week, and How Will It Affect Future Grosses?

For readers wondering how the numbers might shift over the next two weeks: NYC Broadway Week is a twice-yearly promotion (a winter edition also runs each January/February) in which participating Broadway productions offer two-for-one ticket deals for a roughly two-week window. This fall’s edition runs September 14 through September 27, 2026. The promotion is designed to drive attendance during a traditionally softer post-Labor Day, pre-holiday stretch, and it typically produces a visible bump in attendance and capacity percentages even as average ticket prices dip because of the discounting — a dynamic likely to show up clearly in the next one to two weekly grosses reports.

Key Cast Changes to Watch

Beyond Christopher Jackson’s Hamilton return, a few other cast transitions were shaping the week’s storylines. Meg Stalter wrapped her limited engagement in Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln, with the comedy continuing to post strong numbers at the Lyceum ($1,116,763, up from the prior week). Meanwhile, Joey Fatone and Paulo Szot’s shared run as Lance in & Juliet was nearing its conclusion, and industry watchers are keeping an eye on how the show’s grosses respond once a new lead is announced for the role.

Frequently Asked Questions About Broadway Grosses

What was the total Broadway gross for the week ending 9/14/2026?

The 26 Broadway productions running during the reporting week (which the Broadway League and BroadwayWorld list as ending Sunday, September 13, 2026) grossed a combined $25,019,859, with total attendance of 223,921 and an average ticket price of $111.74.

Which show had the highest Broadway grosses that week?

Hamilton led all productions with $2,541,403, driven largely by Christopher Jackson’s highly anticipated return to the role of George Washington.

Where can I find official, ongoing Broadway grosses data?

The Broadway League publishes the official industry source at broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc, while BroadwayWorld, Playbill, and Broadway News all publish weekly analyses and sortable tables drawn from that same underlying data.

Sources

• BroadwayWorld — Broadway Grosses & Box Office Report, Week Ending 9/13/2026
• Broadway News — Grosses Analysis: Broadway Box Office Clocks Post-Labor Day Dip
• Playbill — Christopher Jackson Sends Box Office Soaring at Hamilton
• The Hollywood Reporter — ‘Hamilton’ Hits $2.5M As Chris Jackson Returns to Broadway
• The Broadway League — Official Grosses Data