Hamilton Tops a Full Broadway Week as 860 Extends Into February
Broadway's 32 productions took in $33,966,016 in the week ending October 25, 2026, according to Deadline. Hamilton had the highest gross of the week at $2,524,951. A gross is the total value of tickets sold, before the show pays its costs.
The same week, audiences totaled 262,928 across those 32 shows. Six productions sold out: 860, A Few Good Men, Other Desert Cities, The Fantasticks, Hamilton and Oh, Mary!. Sold out means every seat for every performance was sold. Capacity, the share of seats a theater can fill, is the other number to watch.
Billy Crystal's 860 opened at the Imperial Theatre and took in $1,212,055 in its first week, playing to about 98% of capacity. The show also announced a six-week extension of its Broadway run to February 14, 2027. An extension means the producers have added performances beyond the end date first planned.
Other Desert Cities, Jon Robin Baitz's play in a revival directed by John Benjamin Hickey at the Hudson Theatre, grossed $2,262,442. It had the highest average ticket price on Broadway that week, at $290.35. The average ticket price is the gross divided by the number of tickets sold, so it shows what a typical buyer paid. Hamilton's average was $235.58, and Oh, Mary!'s was $213.98.
Several new productions are still in previews, the public performances held before an official opening night. A Few Good Men, the revival at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont, grossed $1,371,447 in previews. Its opening night is scheduled for October 29, 2026. Wanted, at the James Earl Jones Theatre, grossed $624,088 at 93% capacity, with opening night set for November 8, 2026.
Other new shows are earlier in their previews. Downstate took in $264,437 over six previews at the Booth Theatre, at 95% capacity. The Fantasticks, at the Hayes Theatre, grossed $254,610 over four previews. The Imaginary Invalid, starring Bill Irwin, grossed $419,673 with about 82% of seats filled.
The biggest long-running sellers were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at $1,990,388, The Lion King at $1,869,464 and MJ at $1,736,241.
For a ticket buyer, the math is simple. A show's weekly gross rises with two things: how many seats it fills and what each ticket costs. A show can sell out and still earn less than a fuller house with pricier seats, and a show with lower prices can gross less while filling more seats.
Previews matter to producers for a different reason. The money from those early weeks goes toward the cost of opening, and the show's investors are waiting on the closing notice or the recoupment date, when the show has paid back what it cost to open. Those milestones come later.
The week's figures are a snapshot. Next week's report will show whether the openings and previews keep their pace.
