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Box Office Gold List™

The biggest earners on Broadway, ranked by gross per performance

25 shows across all seasons | All-Time

All-Time
1
Good Night, and Good Luck play

Good Night, and Good Luck

PLAYORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Jun 2025 · Opened Apr 2025 · 2024-2025

$487,643
Gross/Perf
2
Springsteen on Broadway special

Springsteen on Broadway

EVENTORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Dec 2018 · Opened Oct 2017 · 2017-2018

$479,063
Gross/Perf
3
Othello play

Othello

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jun 2025 · Opened Mar 2025 · 2024-2025

$392,500
Gross/Perf
4
Hamilton musical

Hamilton

MUSICALORIGINALNOW PLAYING

Opened Aug 2015 · 2015-2016

$300,766
Gross/Perf
5
Glengarry Glen Ross play

Glengarry Glen Ross

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jun 2025 · Opened Mar 2025 · 2024-2025

$282,250
Gross/Perf
6
Mamma Mia! musical

Mamma Mia!

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Feb 2026 · Opened Aug 2025 · 2025-2026

$234,661
Gross/Perf
7
Elf musical

Elf

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jan 2025 · Opened Nov 2024 · 2024-2025

$232,324
Gross/Perf
8
Sweeney Todd musical

Sweeney Todd

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed May 2024 · Opened Mar 2023 · 2022-2023

$231,217
Gross/Perf
9
Death of a Salesman play

Death of a Salesman

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Aug 2026 · Opened Apr 2026 · 2025-2026

$223,546
Gross/Perf
10
Hello, Dolly! musical

Hello, Dolly!

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Aug 2018 · Opened Apr 2017 · 2016-2017

$219,518
Gross/Perf
11
🎭

Glengarry Glen Ross

PLAYORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Feb 1985 · Opened Mar 1984 · 1983-1984

$218,571
Gross/Perf
12
Merrily We Roll Along musical

Merrily We Roll Along

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jul 2024 · Opened Oct 2023 · 2023-2024

$214,378
Gross/Perf
13
Betrayal play

Betrayal

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jan 2014 · Opened Oct 2013 · 2013-2014

$210,860
Gross/Perf
14
Wicked musical

Wicked

MUSICALORIGINALNOW PLAYING

Opened Oct 2003 · 2003-2004

$210,280
Gross/Perf
15
Waiting for Godot play

Waiting for Godot

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jan 2026 · Opened Sep 2025 · 2025-2026

$209,799
Gross/Perf
16
To Kill a Mockingbird play

To Kill a Mockingbird

PLAYORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Jan 2022 · Opened Dec 2018 · 2018-2019

$206,547
Gross/Perf
17
🎭

Death of a Salesman

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Aug 1975 · Opened Jun 1975 · 1974-1975

$203,329
Gross/Perf
18
West Side Story musical

West Side Story

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Mar 2020 · Opened Feb 2020 · 2019-2020

$201,926
Gross/Perf
19
700 Sundays play

700 Sundays

PLAYORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Jan 2014 · Opened Nov 2013 · 2013-2014

$199,131
Gross/Perf
20
Plaza Suite play

Plaza Suite

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jul 2022 · Opened Mar 2022 · 2021-2022

$199,013
Gross/Perf
21
Waiting for Godot play

Waiting for Godot

PLAYREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jul 2009 · Opened Apr 2009 · 2008-2009

$198,638
Gross/Perf
22
West Side Story musical

West Side Story

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Nov 1980 · Opened Feb 1980 · 1979-1980

$197,792
Gross/Perf
23
Sunset Boulevard musical

Sunset Boulevard

MUSICALREVIVALCLOSED

Closed Jul 2025 · Opened Oct 2024 · 2024-2025

$193,223
Gross/Perf
24
The Lion King musical

The Lion King

MUSICALORIGINALNOW PLAYING

Opened Nov 1997 · 1997-1998

$193,187
Gross/Perf
25
All In: Comedy About Love play

All In: Comedy About Love

PLAYORIGINALCLOSED

Closed Feb 2025 · Opened Dec 2024 · 2024-2025

$191,361
Gross/Perf

Methodology: 50+ performances. Top 25 across all seasons since 2005.