Broadway Grosses Week Ending 9/21/2026: Hamilton Tops $2.6 Million as Titaníque Sails Off in Style and Bowen Yang Ignites Oh, Mary!

Published: September 22, 2026 | Broadway Box Office Report

Broadway closed out NYC Broadway Week with its strongest showing in weeks. For the reporting frame ending Sunday, September 20, 2026, the 26 productions then running grossed a combined $27,070,361, according to the official figures compiled by BroadwayWorld from The Broadway League — an 8% jump over the previous week’s $25,019,859. Attendance climbed 5% to 236,037, and the average ticket price rose 3% to $114.69. It was a week dominated by two very different storylines: a beloved cult musical taking its final bow, and a fresh star turn sending a long-running comedy back into Broadway’s most exclusive club.

Hamilton once again led the Great White Way, grossing $2,618,710 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre — a slight $77,307 bump over the previous week, even as original cast member Christopher Jackson’s George Washington continued to command a jaw-dropping $245.75 average ticket price and better than 100% capacity. But the real headlines belonged to two shows in the middle of the pack: Titaníque, in its emotional farewell week at the St. James, and Oh, Mary!, which stormed back into the Top 5 thanks to a red-hot new leading man.

Titaníque Takes Its Final Bow With a Career-Best Week

After 16 weeks aboard the St. James Theatre, the campy Céline Dion jukebox musical Titaníque played its last Broadway performance on September 20, 2026, and it went out sailing at full speed. The show’s farewell week brought in $1,347,414 — up a massive $314,688 (over 30%) from the week before — at 98.83% capacity, its best week of the entire run. According to the production’s official site, the Tony-nominated Best Musical contender wrapped its Broadway life as one of the most improbable success stories of the season: a show that began in a New York basement, then conquered the West End with two Olivier Awards, before finally landing on the Main Stem this spring. Fans clearly wanted one last look at Marla Mindelle’s Olivier-winning turn as Céline Dion, and the box office reflected it — Titaníque leapt back into Broadway’s coveted Top 5 for its closing week, an achievement Playbill specifically flagged as one of the week’s two biggest storylines.

Bowen Yang Sends Oh, Mary! Back Into Broadway’s Top 5

The other headline-grabbing gain of the week came from an entirely different corner of Broadway. Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola’s dark comedy about a boozy, cabaret-obsessed Mary Todd Lincoln, welcomed Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang into the title role beginning September 15, and audiences responded immediately. The show’s weekly gross jumped more than 35% to $1,517,710, with the Lyceum Theatre playing to 99.61% capacity — essentially a sellout — and commanding a striking $212.80 average ticket price, more than $98 above the Broadway-wide average. As Playbill noted, that combination of demand and pricing power put Oh, Mary! back into the Top 5 highest-grossing shows on Broadway for the first time in months, alongside Hamilton, The Lion King, MJ, and the closing Titaníque.

It’s a familiar pattern for the show, which has become something of a proving ground for star power since Escola’s original, Tony-winning run: previous stints from Maya Rudolph and others have produced similar spikes, and Yang’s arrival — following Meg Stalter’s run in the role — appears to be no exception. Bowen Yang continues in the role, with a West End counterpart, Jinkx Monsoon, also winding down her own run at London’s Trafalgar Theatre before Lolly Adefope takes over there later this month.

Full Broadway Grosses by Show, Week Ending 9/20/2026

Below is the complete grosses breakdown for every show that reported box office numbers for the week, as compiled by BroadwayWorld and The Broadway League, including weekly gross, week-over-week change, 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 9/20/2026. Totals: Combined gross $27,070,361; combined attendance 236,037; average per-show gross $1,041,168; average capacity 94.98% (up from 90.10% the previous week).

Why Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Took a Hit

Not every storyline this week was a positive one. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child saw the week’s steepest decline, dropping $574,816 to $966,197 — its worst week in some time — with capacity sliding from 97.26% to 89.75% and the average ticket price nearly halving, from $122.10 to $82.96. The swing lines up with a scheduled promotional window: the Lyric Theatre offered a 50%-off, buy-two ticket deal specifically for the September 14–20 stretch, timed to a period when star Tom Felton was not appearing in the production. While the steep discount might have been expected to fill seats, the numbers suggest Felton’s star power alone had been driving significantly higher demand and pricing in the weeks prior, and his absence — even with aggressive discounting — wasn’t enough to offset the loss. It’s a useful reminder of just how much stunt and star casting can swing grosses on Broadway, for better or worse, in either direction.

Other Movers of the Week

Beyond the week’s two biggest stories, gains were broad and encouraging almost across the board — of the 26 shows running, only three (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Paranormal Activity, and Chicago) posted week-over-week declines, and even those held onto solid sales.

• Aladdin jumped $114,250 to $1,062,384 at the New Amsterdam, riding the tail end of NYC Broadway Week’s family-friendly discount traffic.
• The Great Gatsby climbed $155,031 to over $1 million for the first time in weeks, lifting capacity from 81.92% to 91.68%.
• & Juliet rebounded strongly, up $151,535 to $753,443 after a rough prior week.
• Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) posted one of the week’s largest percentage gains, up 23% to $640,447, with capacity climbing more than 14 points to 84.24%.
• Chicago at the Ambassador stayed essentially flat but continued to play above 100% capacity for a second straight week, a rare feat for a show in its third decade on Broadway.
• School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, still in previews at the Samuel J. Friedman ahead of its September 28 opening, posted a near-sellout 99.00% capacity in its second reporting week.

The Bigger Picture: NYC Broadway Week Wraps and the Fall Slate Builds

This week also marked the close of the fall edition of NYC Broadway Week, the popular two-for-one ticket promotion that ran from September 8 through September 20 and helped drive the across-the-board attendance gains reflected in this week’s numbers. Total attendance for the week rose 5% to 236,037, and average capacity jumped nearly five full points to 94.98% — squarely in line with what the promotion typically delivers in its closing days, as shoppers race to redeem discounted tickets before the window closes.

Compared to the same week one year ago, Broadway’s gross was down 16%, though that comparison is skewed by the fact that 28 shows were running in September 2025 versus 26 this year — two fewer productions splitting a smaller overall pie. Looking ahead, the fall lineup remains stacked: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opens September 28 at the Friedman, followed by star-driven arrivals including 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 run of high-profile openings that should keep grosses climbing through the holiday season.

Frequently Asked Questions About Broadway Grosses

What was the total Broadway gross for the week ending 9/21/2026?

The 26 Broadway productions running during the reporting week (officially listed by The Broadway League and BroadwayWorld as ending Sunday, September 20, 2026) grossed a combined $27,070,361, with total attendance of 236,037 and an average ticket price of $114.69 — an 8% increase over the previous week.

Which show had the highest Broadway grosses that week?

Hamilton led all productions with $2,618,710, continuing its strong run with Christopher Jackson back in the role of George Washington.

Did Titaníque close on Broadway?

Yes. Titaníque played its final Broadway performance on September 20, 2026, at the St. James Theatre, closing out its run with its best-ever weekly gross of $1,347,414 at 98.83% capacity.

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.

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Sources

• BroadwayWorld — Broadway Grosses & Box Office Report, Week Ending 9/20/2026
• Playbill — Bowen Yang Brings Major Box Office to Oh, Mary!, and More From Last Week’s Broadway Grosses
• Titaníque Official Site — Broadway Closing Announcement
• The Broadway League — Official Grosses Data
• NYTIX — NYC Broadway Week: Fall 2026 Ticket Offers