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Research & Statistics
Statistics - Broadway in NYC

We offer the following PDFs for download (updated at the end of each season):

Detailed Broadway statistics for the last five seasons including musical/play/special breakdowns and notes

Broadway Season Statistics from 2009-10 through 2022-23

List of the longest-running Broadway shows

Broadway Season Statistics

The following graph and table are a summary of League statistical information for Broadway shows from the 1980-81 season to the present.

 

Grosses
(by millions)
Seasons
Attendance
(by millions)
Seasons

*Beginning with the 2009-10 season, "Gross" represents gross gross and "Attendance" represents total attendance. For seasons prior, these numbers represent net gross and paid attendance, respectively.

** Playing Weeks represent the overall number of weeks of performance logged by all shows during the season.

***To account for variances in the calendar year, a 53rd week is added to the season every seven years.

ˆThe 2018-19 season was the highest grossing and best attended season in recorded history.

ˆˆThe 2019-20 season was cut short by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic which led to a complete shutdown of Broadway in March 2020. The season tallies for the 2019-20 season reflect performances through the week ending March 8, 2020, which was the last full week of performances of that season.

ˆˆˆThe 2021-22 season marked the return of Broadway after the industry-wide shutdown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The start of the season was delayed by 10 weeks due to COVID, and the 42-week season saw numerous COVID-related cancellations of performances, including during the December/New Year’s holidays.

ˆˆˆˆThe 2022-23 season was the first full season since Broadway came back from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Shows continued to be affected by COVID, however the industry did not experience the extensive illness-related cancellations of the prior season. Tourism was stronger but not back to pre-pandemic levels, particularly in terms of international tourists. The season had fewer playing weeks and performances than in the (record-breaking) full seasons that pre-dated the shutdown, which contributed to lower attendance than in those seasons, but the % of capacity for the season was strong at more than 88%.

Season Gross*(by millions) Attendance*(by millions) Playing Weeks** New Productions
2022-23^^^^ $1,578 12.28 1,474 40
2021-22^^^ $845 6.73 946 39
2019-20^^ $1,358 11.14 1,282 33
2018-19^ $1,829 14.77 1,737 38
2017-18*** $1,697 13.79 1,624 33
2016-17 $1,449 13.27 1,580 45
2015-16 $1,373 13.32 1,648 39
2014-15 $1,365 13.10 1,626 37
2013-14 $1,269 12.21 1,496 44
2012-13 $1,139 11.57 1,430 46
2011-12 $1,139 12.33 1,522 41
2010-11*** $1,081 12.53 1,588 42
2009-10 $1,020 11.89 1,464 39
2008-09 $943 12.15 1,548 43
2007-08 $938 12.27 1,560 36
2006-07 $939 12.31 1,509 35
2005-06 $862 12.00 1,501 39
2004-05 $769 11.53 1,494 39
2003-04*** $771 11.61 1,451 38
2002-03 $721 11.42 1,544 36
2001-02 $643 10.95 1,433 36
2000-01 $666 11.90 1,484 28
1999-00 $603 11.39 1,463 36
1998-99 $588 11.67 1,441 39
1997-98 $558 11.48 1,442 33
1996-97*** $499 10.57 1,349 38
1995-96 $436 9.47 1,147 38
1994-95 $406 9.04 1,123 34
1993-94 $356 8.12 1,069 41
1992-93 $328 7.86 1,019 34
1991-92 $293 7.38 905 37
1990-91 $267 7.31 984 29
1989-90*** $282 8.04 1,071 40
1988-89 $262 7.95 1,112 36
1987-88 $253 8.14 1,126 35
1986-87 $208 7.05 1,074 48
1985-86 $191 6.54 1,060 38
1984-85 $209 7.25 1,087 39
1983-84 $230 8.07 1,128 37
1982-83 $209 8.40 1,268 53
1981-82 $223 10.15 1,464 48
1980-81 $197 11.01 1,558 64

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