‘The Lion King’ Reigns During Theater’s Happy Holiday Week – Broadway Box Office

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A double-holiday week on Broadway – the final week of 2023 – saw a surge in box office, with many shows posting record numbers.

Winner of the week? Disney’s The Lion King, which grossed a massive $4,316,629, not only setting a house record at the Minskoff but a Broadway record for the highest single-week gross ever, a big achievement even when noting that the long-running musical played nine performances, as did other productions over the holidays.

Broadway’s final week of the calendar year included both Christmas and New Year’s Eve, with tourists and high ticket prices sending the total weekly gross for the 27 shows to $45,413,789, a 36% increase over the previous week but about 13% lower than last year’s New Year’s Eve week tally when 33 productions were on the boards.

Total attendance for the week ending December 31 was 256,751, a 14% bump over the previous week (but down 18% from last year).