Broadway Grosses Week Ending 10/11/2026: Box Office Soars 27% to $35.3 Million as Oh, Mary! Breaks the Lyceum Record
Broadway Box Office • Week Ending October 11, 2026
Broadway just had its best week of the autumn by a wide margin. For the week ending Sunday, October 11, 2026, the 29 productions on the boards grossed $35,292,434, a 27.25% leap on the previous week’s $27.7 million and Broadway’s highest weekly total since Labor Day. Attendance climbed 9.76% to 248,496, capacity hit 94.93%, and the average paid ticket jumped by $19.51 to $142.02.
Three forces combined to produce the surge. The Indigenous Peoples’ Day / Columbus Day long weekend brought a wave of visitors into Times Square. A cluster of high-priced star vehicles, led by the revival of Other Desert Cities, played their first complete weeks of previews. And the long-running hits all moved in the same direction at once: every one of the 28 returning productions grossed more than it did the week before. That is a rare clean sweep, and it made for a week of records, million-dollar milestones and sold-out houses.
| $35.29MTotal Gross▲ 27.25% wk/wk | 248,496Attendance▲ 9.76% wk/wk | $142.02Avg Ticket▲ $19.51 wk/wk | 94.9%Capacity29 shows playing |
The Week at a Glance
In raw terms, Broadway took in an extra $7,556,865 compared with the week ending October 4, and sold 22,106 more tickets. Of the 261,768 seats available across the 29 theatres, only 13,272 went unsold. Eighteen productions grossed more than $1 million, double the nine that did so the week before.
| Metric | W/E Oct 11, 2026 | W/E Oct 4, 2026 | Same Week 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total gross | $35,292,434 | $27,735,569 | $39,416,736 |
| Attendance | 248,496 | 226,390 | ≈276,600 |
| Average ticket | $142.02 | $122.51 | $142.49 |
| Capacity | 94.9% | 89.1% | 94.2% |
| Shows playing | 29 | 28 | — |
Last-year attendance derived from the Broadway League’s reported 10.17% year-over-year decline. Last season’s holiday weekend fell in the equivalent week, so the comparison is like-for-like.
The year-over-year story has flipped
Last week, Broadway’s shortfall against 2025 was mostly about price: tickets were selling for about $11.50 less than a year earlier. This week the average ticket is $142.02 against $142.49 last year, virtually identical. The $4.1 million gap (10.46%) is now almost entirely about volume. Roughly 28,000 fewer people went to Broadway than in the same holiday week of 2025, and at today’s average price that accounts for about $4 million of the difference. Simply put, there are fewer shows running than a year ago. Once the autumn openings fill their theatres, the gap should narrow quickly. Capacity, at 94.9%, is actually higher than last year’s 94.2%.
Top 5 Broadway Grossers This Week
| # | Show | Gross | vs Last Week | Avg Ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton | $3,090,634 | +$385,796 | $287.50 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | $2,223,679 | +$552,136 | $172.98 |
| 3 | The Lion King | $2,217,835 | +$719,364 | $167.22 |
| 4 | Other Desert Cities | $2,157,355 | +$277,914 | $276.87 |
| 5 | MJ | $1,886,133 | +$297,666 | $170.72 |
Together the top five took in $11.58 million, or roughly one in every three dollars spent on Broadway this week.
Hamilton crosses $3 million
Hamilton was the week’s top grosser again, and this time it broke through the $3 million barrier with $3,090,634. It played to 101.49% of capacity thanks to standing room, and its average paid admission of $287.50 is the highest on Broadway. The top ticket at the Richard Rodgers hit $599. The musical has been on a strong run since Christopher Jackson returned as George Washington in September, and the holiday weekend pushed it to its biggest week of the autumn. On its own, Hamilton accounted for 8.8% of all Broadway grosses this week.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child adds more than half a million
The comeback story of 2026 keeps getting stronger. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child grossed $2,223,679, up $552,136 on the previous week, and played to 99.07% of the Lyric Theatre’s 1,622 seats. Year over year it is up 73.9% from $1,278,501, the largest annual gain on Broadway for the second week running. With school holidays and Halloween ahead, the production looks set for a strong autumn.
The Lion King bounces back
Last week a cancelled Saturday matinee cost Disney’s flagship more than $200,000. With a full eight-performance schedule restored and a holiday crowd at the Minskoff, The Lion King posted the biggest dollar gain of any show on Broadway: +$719,364, to $2,217,835. It also added 2,162 patrons, again the largest increase on the street.
Other Desert Cities: a star-driven sensation in previews
The biggest headline of the autumn so far belongs to the revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities at the Hudson Theatre. Julia Louis-Dreyfus (in her Broadway debut), Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery are packing the house. In its first full week of previews the production grossed $1,879,441. This week, with eight previews, it rose to $2,157,355, fourth on Broadway, outgrossing every musical except Hamilton and The Lion King.
The numbers behind that total are remarkable for a straight play. Other Desert Cities played to 100% capacity, its average ticket of $276.87 trails only Hamilton, and its top ticket reached $799, the highest price on Broadway this week. It hasn’t even officially opened yet: opening night is Sunday, October 18, and the limited run ends January 17, 2027. Expect it to stay near the top of the chart through the holidays.
MJ rounds out the top five
MJ grossed $1,886,133 at 99.57% capacity, up $297,666 week over week and up 28.9% from $1,462,870 a year ago. The Neil Simon Theatre tenant has become one of the most consistent top-five performers on Broadway, and its $170.72 average ticket ranks fifth.
Oh, Mary! Breaks the Lyceum Theatre Record
Bowen Yang’s run in Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! just set an all-time box office record. The comedy grossed $1,592,306, a new high for both the production and the 121-year-old Lyceum Theatre. It is the 15th time the show has broken its own house record since opening in July 2024, when its first week became the first $1 million week in the Lyceum’s history.
Last week we noted that Oh, Mary! had cooled off after Yang’s opening rush. That dip was clearly temporary: this week it added $375,376, with capacity rising 6.5 points to 99.85%. Its average ticket of $222.73 is third on Broadway, and the top ticket reached $575. Year over year, the show is up 58.3% from $1,005,915. Yang, the Saturday Night Live alum who began playing Mary Todd Lincoln on September 15, has extended through January 17, 2027. Tickets for the production are on sale through July 10, 2027. Oh, Mary! is also running in the West End at the Trafalgar Theatre and on a North American tour, and a filmed capture is due on HBO in 2027.
Million-Dollar Milestones and Big Movers
With a holiday weekend lifting everything, several shows crossed the $1 million line or posted their best weeks in months:
- Wicked rebounded to $1,483,106, up $369,871, with capacity up nearly nine points to 97.07%. That ends any talk of the Gershwin juggernaut dipping below seven figures.
- The Lost Boys took $1,362,363 at the Palace, up $262,913, and added 5.5 points of capacity.
- Aladdin rose to $1,253,950, up $282,862, filling 91.81% of the New Amsterdam.
- The Great Gatsby climbed $294,940 to $1,179,484. Its capacity jumped 15.1 points to 94.98%, and it added 1,797 patrons, third-best on Broadway.
- 860, Billy Crystal’s solo show, rose to $1,173,760 from seven previews at the Imperial, up $319,186. Its average ticket was $156.25, and it added 2,144 patrons as it moved to a fuller schedule.
- Chicago grossed $1,163,661 at 101.13% capacity, up 47.7% on last year. Reece Weaver, whose casting has driven a big rise in attendance this autumn, plays her final performance as Roxie Hart on November 15.
- The Outsiders rose $317,999 to $1,103,884, with capacity up 16.85 points, the second-biggest capacity gain on Broadway.
- The Rocky Horror Show crossed $1 million for the week with $1,034,034, up $259,211, as Halloween season arrives at Studio 54.
- Paranormal Activity grossed $1,026,310, up $115,755, despite a fractional dip in capacity. The horror play has also just been extended by eight weeks to February 28, 2027.
- & Juliet edged over the line with $1,008,122, up $257,869, as fans begin their final visits before the January 3 closing.
The biggest capacity gains outside the new arrivals came from SIX (up 18.06 points to 86.76%), The Outsiders (up 16.85), The Great Gatsby (up 15.12), Maybe Happy Ending (up 13.58) and Two Strangers (up 13.56). Stranger Things: The First Shadow also added 10.71 points and $255,336.
Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan’s farewell rush
The tightest ticket in town this week was at Circle in the Square, where Just in Time played to 101.74% capacity, the highest on Broadway. It grossed $927,420, up $154,521, with an average ticket of $165.14 and a top price of $774.50. The reason is no mystery: Jeremy Jordan plays his final performance as Bobby Darin on Sunday, October 18, and Carrie St. Louis leaves the same day. Matthew Morrison returns for a three-week engagement from October 20 through November 8, after which Nicholas Christopher takes over the role. Whitney Leavitt joins as Sandra Dee from December 1.
New in the Count: A Few Good Men
Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men joined the grosses for the first time, taking $555,367 from three previews at the Vivian Beaumont. That works out to about $185,000 per performance, at 100% capacity, with an average ticket of $167.84 and a top price of $399. Directed by Tony winner Michael Arden, the production stars Bradley Whitford as Colonel Nathan Jessep and Tom Blyth, in his Broadway debut, as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee. Over a full eight-performance week, those figures would put it comfortably in the top half of the chart. It opens October 29 and runs through January 10, 2027.
Ticket Prices: Highest and Lowest
| Highest Avg Ticket | Price | Lowest Avg Ticket | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | $287.50 | The Imaginary Invalid | $81.72 |
| Other Desert Cities | $276.87 | School Girls | $88.16 |
| Oh, Mary! | $222.73 | Stranger Things: The First Shadow | $90.49 |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | $172.98 | Two Strangers | $92.84 |
| MJ | $170.72 | Aladdin | $98.86 |
The biggest story in pricing is the arrival of star-led plays at the top of the market. Other Desert Cities and Oh, Mary! now occupy two of the three highest average-ticket slots on Broadway, and A Few Good Men ($167.84) is close behind. At the low end, Roundabout’s The Imaginary Invalid and Manhattan Theatre Club’s School Girls remain the most affordable shows, as is typical for non-profit productions with large subscriber bases.
Capacity: Sold Out and Soft Spots
Six productions played to 100% capacity or more: Just in Time (101.74%), Hamilton (101.49%), Chicago (101.13%), Hadestown (100.04%), Other Desert Cities (100%) and A Few Good Men (100%). Another six, Oh, Mary!, MJ, Harry Potter, Buena Vista Social Club, The Lion King and Wicked, all played above 97%.
The softest houses belonged to Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at 78.22%, Stranger Things: The First Shadow at 79.03%, SIX at 86.76%, The Imaginary Invalid at 89.58% and 860 at 91.51%. All of these improved on last week except The Imaginary Invalid, which dipped 2.09 points in its final week of previews before opening night.
Every Broadway Show: Full Results
The complete Broadway box office results for the week ending October 11, 2026, ranked by gross:
| # | Show | Gross | Change | Avg Tkt | Cap % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Richard Rodgers | $3,090,634 | +$385,796 | $287.50 | 101.49% |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Lyric | $2,223,679 | +$552,136 | $172.98 | 99.07% |
| 3 | The Lion King Minskoff | $2,217,835 | +$719,364 | $167.22 | 97.75% |
| 4 | Other Desert Cities Hudson | $2,157,355 | +$277,914 | $276.87 | 100.00% |
| 5 | MJ Neil Simon | $1,886,133 | +$297,666 | $170.72 | 99.57% |
| 6 | Oh, Mary! Lyceum | $1,592,306 | +$375,376 | $222.73 | 99.85% |
| 7 | Wicked Gershwin | $1,483,106 | +$369,871 | $105.69 | 97.07% |
| 8 | The Lost Boys Palace | $1,362,363 | +$262,913 | $118.13 | 94.86% |
| 9 | Aladdin New Amsterdam | $1,253,950 | +$282,862 | $98.86 | 91.81% |
| 10 | The Great Gatsby Broadway | $1,179,484 | +$294,940 | $104.53 | 94.98% |
| 11 | 860 Imperial | $1,173,760 | +$319,186 | $156.25 | 91.51% |
| 12 | Chicago Ambassador | $1,163,661 | +$133,295 | $133.17 | 101.13% |
| 13 | Hadestown Walter Kerr | $1,128,972 | +$245,847 | $153.66 | 100.04% |
| 14 | Schmigadoon! Nederlander | $1,105,903 | +$136,080 | $127.33 | 93.83% |
| 15 | The Outsiders Bernard B. Jacobs | $1,103,884 | +$317,999 | $141.81 | 95.02% |
| 16 | The Rocky Horror Show Studio 54 | $1,034,034 | +$259,210 | $138.02 | 94.60% |
| 17 | Paranormal Activity August Wilson | $1,026,310 | +$115,755 | $112.28 | 96.75% |
| 18 | & Juliet Stephen Sondheim | $1,008,122 | +$257,869 | $132.94 | 92.39% |
| 19 | The Book of Mormon Eugene O’Neill | $971,271 | +$143,693 | $117.62 | 96.83% |
| 20 | Just in Time Circle in the Square | $927,420 | +$154,521 | $165.14 | 101.74% |
| 21 | Buena Vista Social Club Gerald Schoenfeld | $865,948 | +$54,525 | $104.79 | 98.47% |
| 22 | SIX: The Musical Lena Horne | $832,161 | +$270,056 | $116.29 | 86.76% |
| 23 | Maybe Happy Ending Belasco | $829,363 | +$153,489 | $115.00 | 92.65% |
| 24 | Stranger Things: The First Shadow Marquis | $826,412 | +$255,336 | $90.49 | 79.03% |
| 25 | Operation Mincemeat John Golden | $815,882 | +$96,268 | $134.10 | 96.27% |
| 26 | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Longacre | $608,301 | +$104,608 | $92.84 | 78.22% |
| 27 | A Few Good Men Vivian Beaumont | $555,367 | —* | $167.84 | 100.00% |
| 28 | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Samuel J. Friedman | $438,954 | +$87,882 | $88.16 | 96.79% |
| 29 | The Imaginary Invalid Todd Haimes | $429,863 | +$77,039 | $81.72 | 89.58% |
| TOTAL (29 shows) | $35,292,434 | +$7,556,865 | $142.02 | 94.93% |
* A Few Good Men played its first three previews this week, so it has no prior-week comparison. Figures from The Broadway League via Playbill. Capacity can exceed 100% thanks to standing-room sales.
Broadway Shows Closing and Departures in the Next Six Weeks
The next six weeks bring a handful of closings and several high-profile cast departures:
| Date | Show / Event | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | Jeremy Jordan & Carrie St. Louis leave Just in Time | Circle in the Square |
| Nov 8 | Matthew Morrison ends his return engagement in Just in Time; Nicholas Christopher takes over | Circle in the Square |
| Nov 15 | School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play closes | Samuel J. Friedman |
| Nov 15 | Reece Weaver’s final performance as Roxie Hart in Chicago | Ambassador |
| Nov 22 | The Imaginary Invalid closes | Todd Haimes |
| Nov 29 | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) closes | Longacre |
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy directed by Whitney White, grossed $438,954 at 96.79% capacity, up $87,883. It has already been extended once and plays its final performance on November 15.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) grossed $608,301 this week, up $104,608. The eight-time Tony nominee will have played 21 previews and 428 performances when it closes on November 29. A first national tour launches in Providence, Rhode Island next year.
Update: the January 3 closing date gets smaller
In last week’s report we flagged January 3, 2027 as a major closing date. One show has now dropped off that list: Paranormal Activity has extended by eight weeks at the August Wilson Theatre and will now run through February 28, 2027. That still leaves & Juliet (1,723 performances and over $175 million in grosses), SIX (2,178 performances), Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Billy Crystal’s 860 closing on January 3, along with several holiday attractions.
Broadway Openings in the Next Six Weeks
The autumn opening calendar is now in full swing. Twelve productions are scheduled to open between October 18 and November 19, according to the Broadway League’s official calendar:
| Opens | Show | Theatre | Runs Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | Other Desert Cities | Hudson | Jan 17, 2027 |
| Oct 21 | 860 | Imperial | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Oct 22 | The Imaginary Invalid | Todd Haimes | Nov 22, 2026 |
| Oct 29 | A Few Good Men | Vivian Beaumont | Jan 10, 2027 |
| Nov 8 | Wanted | James Earl Jones | Open-ended |
| Nov 9 | Here There Are Blueberries | Ethel Barrymore | Jan 10, 2027 |
| Nov 11 | Now You See Me Live | Al Hirschfeld | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Nov 15 | Downstate | Booth | Jan 10, 2027 |
| Nov 16 | The Fantasticks | Hayes | Feb 7, 2027 |
| Nov 17 | Blue Man Group: A New Holiday Surprise | Lunt-Fontanne | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Nov 18 | It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play | Broadhurst | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Nov 19 | Much Ado About Nothing | Winter Garden | Jan 10, 2027 |
Opening this month
Other Desert Cities leads the October openings on the 18th, followed by 860 on the 21st. Billy Crystal’s show, directed by Scott Ellis, is inspired by the Pacific Palisades home he lost in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. The Imaginary Invalid opens October 22: Bill Irwin’s Molière adaptation, directed by Brandon J. Dirden, with Rachel Bloom and Brooks Ashmanskas. A Few Good Men follows on October 29.
Wanted (James Earl Jones Theatre)
The first new commercial musical of the season began previews on October 15. Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine star as Mary and Martha Clarke, twin sisters passing as white in 1893 Texas, with a cast that also includes Luke James and Bradley Jaden in his Broadway debut. Book and lyrics are by Angelica Chéri, a descendant of the real Clarke sisters, with music by Ross Baum and direction by Stevie Walker-Webb. As an open-ended musical, its early grosses will be closely watched. It opens November 8.
Downstate and Here There Are Blueberries
Bruce Norris’s Downstate, directed by Joe Mantello with K. Todd Freeman, Francis Guinan and Liza Colón-Zayas, begins previews at the Booth on October 17 ahead of a November 15 opening. Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project’s Here There Are Blueberries, a Pulitzer finalist about an album of Nazi-era photographs, starts previews at the Barrymore on November 2 and opens November 9.
The Fantasticks and Much Ado About Nothing
The world’s longest-running musical makes its Broadway debut when The Fantasticks begins previews at the Hayes on October 22, directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli. Then comes the hottest ticket of the autumn: Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell, starts previews at the Winter Garden on October 31 for a 10-week run. If Other Desert Cities is any guide, Broadway’s appetite for star-led plays at premium prices is enormous right now.
Holiday attractions and December arrivals
Three seasonal shows open in mid-November: Now You See Me Live (November 11), Blue Man Group: A New Holiday Surprise (November 17) and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (November 18), with Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Tituss Burgess. Two more major productions start previews on November 10: Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia at the Music Box (opening December 1) and Raúl Esparza in the new musical Galileo at the Shubert (opening December 6).
Season news: Rhinoceros in, The Full Monty postponed
Looking further ahead, Roundabout Theatre Company has postponed its planned revival of The Full Monty, which had been due to open at the Todd Haimes Theatre in April, citing cast availability. In its place comes Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, directed by Diane Paulus and starring John Turturro, Tony Shalhoub and Tatiana Maslany. The production, fresh from the American Repertory Theater, begins previews April 7, 2027, opens April 25 and plays a limited engagement through June 13. It will be the play’s first Broadway revival since its 1961 premiere.
What to Watch Next Week
- A post-holiday dip. With the long weekend over, expect overall grosses to ease back from $35.3 million, even as new shows join the count.
- Other Desert Cities opening night. Reviews arrive after the October 18 opening. With the house already sold out, the bigger question is whether strong notices can push prices even higher.
- Just in Time after Jordan. Jeremy Jordan’s final week should be another sell-out. Then we’ll see how Matthew Morrison’s return lands from October 20.
- Wanted and Downstate in previews. Two more productions should appear in the grosses, taking the show count past 30.
- Oh, Mary! records. After 15 house records, a 16th is entirely possible as Bowen Yang’s run continues.
The Bottom Line
The week ending October 11, 2026 was Broadway’s strongest of the autumn so far. A holiday weekend, a sweep of gains across every returning production and the arrival of premium-priced star vehicles pushed grosses up 27% to $35.3 million. Hamilton topped $3 million, Oh, Mary! set a new Lyceum record, and Other Desert Cities showed just how much audiences will pay to see a once-in-a-generation cast. The year-over-year gap is still there, but it is now a question of how many shows are running rather than what audiences are paying. With twelve openings in the next six weeks, that gap should keep closing.
Theatregold will be back next week with full results for the week ending October 18.
Sources: Box office figures are from The Broadway League as reported by BroadwayWorld and Playbill (week ending October 11, 2026). Additional reporting: BroadwayWorld (Oh, Mary! house record; Roundabout season update), Playbill (Paranormal Activity extension; Last Chance closings schedule, updated October 12, 2026), the Broadway League Opening Night Calendar and NYC Tourism + Conventions. Dates are subject to change; check with box offices before booking.
