Broadway Grosses Analysis: A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical Brings in Over $1 Million | Playbill

Industry News Broadway Grosses Analysis: A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical Brings in Over $1 Million

It was the first week that the Will Swenson-led musical offered a Thursday matinee at the Broadhurst.

Graphic by Vi Dang

A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical brought in $1,008,021 at the Broadhurst box office for the week ending September 10, the first week the bio musical about Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Neil Diamond has offered a Thursday matinee. It's also the first time the musical, starring Will Swenson, has been in the $1 Million Club since May.

The highest-grossing production of the week was, once again, the Disney hit The Lion King, which earned $1,850,459. Rounding out the top five were Hamilton ($1,746,638), Sweeney Todd ($1,593,122), MJ the Musical ($1,515,558), and Wicked ($1,487,873).

With one less show running on Broadway, the 22 productions brought in an overall gross of $21,334,228, down 18% from the previous week. Attendance was also down 9%, with 189,965 people catching a show on the Main Stem with an average paid admission of $112.31. Both grosses and attendance should increase dramatically as the new crop of plays and musicals for the 2023-2024 season begins opening.

In addition to the five highest-earning productions, five other Broadway shows took in over $1 million at the box office, while half of the shows played to 90% capacity or more.

Take a look at the full report here.

The $1 Million Club (shows that earned $1 million or more at the box office):

  • The Lion King
  • Hamilton
  • Sweeney Todd
  • MJ The Musical
  • Wicked
  • Aladdin
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical
  • Back to the Future
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  • A Beautiful Noise

(10 of 22 currently running productions)


The 90s Club
(shows that played to 90% or higher of their seats filled over the entire week):

  • Hamilton
  • Moulin Rouge! The Musical
  • The Lion King
  • The Book of Mormon
  • MJ the Musical
  • Wicked
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Hadestown
  • Aladdin
  • Back to the Future
  • SIX the Musical

(11 of 22 currently running productions)

 
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