Broadway Grosses $26.3 Million as Harry Potter Posts the Week's Biggest Gain
Broadway's 25 running productions grossed $26,258,361 for the week ending September 6, 2026 — up 2% from the week before and about 4% over the same week last year, according to figures reported by Deadline.
Total attendance came in at 220,836, down 1% from the prior week but up 3% year-to-year. The overall average paid admission across all shows was $118.90.
Hamilton led every show on the street with a gross of $2,187,028 and the highest average ticket price on Broadway at $204.66. MJ followed at $1,849,850, then Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at $1,819,963, The Lion King at $1,714,434, and The Lost Boys at $1,281,191. Three shows played to completely full houses — Hamilton, Just In Time, and Oh, Mary! — while Hadestown, MJ, The Lion King, and The Rocky Horror Show each filled 99% of available seats.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child posted the week's single biggest dollar gain, adding $240,630 to its previous week's take. The bump coincided with Tom Felton's second week back from vacation in the production. Felton, known to film audiences as Draco Malfoy, plays Harry Potter himself in the Broadway staging.
The show has a history of headline grosses. In 2018, it became the top-grossing play in Broadway history with a full eight-performance week of $2,138,859, according to Playbill. It later set a record for weekly ticket sales by a non-musical play, reporting $2,718,487.50, Deadline reported. The production is the third-longest-running play in Broadway history and has won six Tony Awards.
Season-to-date — meaning the totals since the 2026-27 Broadway season began — the industry has grossed $489,296,981 through its 15th week. That figure is down about 5% from the same point last season. Total season attendance stands at 4,011,339, down 1% year-to-year. The Broadway League, the trade association that represents producers and theater owners, publishes weekly grosses on its website with a searchable, show-by-show breakdown.
With three shows selling out and four more at 99% capacity, the post-Labor Day week suggests audiences are settling into the fall schedule. The summer tourists have gone home; the regulars and the subscribers are back.
