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Broadway shows grossed astir $2 cardinal for nan 2025-2026 season, according to figures conscionable released by The Broadway League.
Specifically, nan play grosses full was $1.91 billion, pinch full attendance reaching 14.6 million.
Compared to past season, nan 2025-2026 play was up 1.0% successful gross to $1,910,903,835 and down 0.6% successful attendance reaching 14,577,322. (The 2024-2025 was a 53-week season, compared to this year’s modular 52 weeks – each seventh twelvemonth a 53rd week is added to drawback up to nan almanac year).
The play that conscionable ended connected May 24 included 74 productions, 35 of which opened during nan season. That adds up to 13,416 performances, pinch audiences filling 90.8% of disposable seats.
Other stats:
- During nan 2025-2026 Broadway season, 35 productions opened and 39 productions continued from anterior seasons;
- The 35 productions that opened during nan play included 12 musicals (6 original, 4 revivals, and 2 return engagements), 21 plays (14 original, 7 revivals), and 2 typical engagements.
Jason Laks, President of The Broadway League, said successful a connection that nan numbers propose “audiences proceed to person a heavy passion for unrecorded theatre. Even successful a challenging economical environment, Broadway remained notably connected par pinch past season, reflecting some nan resilience of this manufacture and nan relationship audiences consciousness to these productions.”
He contionued, “Broadway is much than conscionable entertainment. Every accumulation supports not only nan artists and crews connected shape and backstage, but besides nan restaurants, hotels, unit shops, proscription workers, and mini businesses that trust connected nan power Broadway brings to New York City. Broadway remains 1 of New York’s awesome economical engines, supporting astir 100,000 jobs passim nan region.”
Among nan notable grosses successful nan last week of nan season, Every Brilliant Thing reported a gross of $2,296,473 arsenic prima Daniel Radcliffe played his last performances. That fig marks nan highest gross ever for a play astatine nan Hudson Theatre. (Mariska Hargitay is making her Broadway debut successful nan domiciled this week.)
