'The Lion King' Matthew Murphy Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Lion King and Mamma Mia! both broke box office records as Broadway celebrated the last week of the lucrative holiday season. The Lion King brought in $3.14 million across eight performances at the Minskoff Theatre, besting its 2023 holiday record, with an average ticket price of $234. Mamma Mia brought in $2.6 million, albeit across nine performances, rather than the typical eight, in what the production called its "best week ever." The average ticket price of $187. Still, Hamilton was the top-grossing show of the week, with $3.3 million across eight performances, followed by Wicked with $3.29 million and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with $2.7 million. The Lion King was the fourth highest grossing, followed by Mamma Mia! Related Stories Lifestyle Carrie Coon on Internet Fame and Bringing Edgy Work to Broadway TV Bret Hanna-Shuford, Broadway Actor and Social Media Influencer, Dies at 46 Waiting For Godot, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, played its final performance Jan. 4 to 100 percent capacity at the Hudson Theatre and a box office tally of $1.5 million (higher than the preceding weeks but lower than its early fall highs). Stranger Things: The First Shadow continues to see box office highs amid the release of the final season of the Netflix series. While down from its nine-show week the prior week, the play still brought in its second highest gross of $2 million, and that was across just seven performances. Attendance dropped down to 88 percent from 100 percent, but the average ticket prices inched up slightly to $177. Beetlejuice also ended its Broadway run on a high of $1.4 million at the Palace Theatre, the highest box office tally the show has brought in during its third Broadway run, which began in October. Overall, this holiday week, which encompassed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, was down 4 percent from the highs of the prior week, containing Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Sports NBCU Sells Out Advertising Inventory for Milan Olympics Amid Sports Ad Boom WME Cillian Murphy, Rachel Zegler Join Agent Adam Schweitzer at WME Conde Nast GQ Editor Will Welch Leaves Magazine to Work With Pharrell Williams NBC News Bari Weiss Is Making TV News' Crisis of Confidence the Big Story Kevin Hart Kevin Hart Inks Licensing Deal for His Name Netflix Study: Asia-Pacific Video Revenue to Reach $196 Billion by 2030, Driven by Streaming and Social Sports NBCU Sells Out Advertising Inventory for Milan Olympics Amid Sports Ad Boom WME Cillian Murphy, Rachel Zegler Join Agent Adam Schweitzer at WME Conde Nast GQ Editor Will Welch Leaves Magazine to Work With Pharrell Williams NBC News Bari Weiss Is Making TV News' Crisis of Confidence the Big Story Kevin Hart Kevin Hart Inks Licensing Deal for His Name Netflix Study: Asia-Pacific Video Revenue to Reach $196 Billion by 2030, Driven by Streaming and Social