What Are The Top Broadway Shows Right Now?
By Michael Tubbs | Posted on October 01, 2026 9:30 AM
The Top Broadway NYC Show Tickets For This Month: October 2026
Top Broadway Show Tickets This Month October 2026
Weekly Ticket Sales Numbers:
The top grossing Broadway shows are ranked in order of how much total gross revenue they achieved, not in the order of the ticket price.
October 2026
1 – Hamilton
The Broadway smash hit Hamilton tells the story of Alexander Hamilton who goes onto become one of the world's greatest political leaders, without ever being President.
Average Ticket Price: $258.86
Seats Sold: 10729
Gross Ticket Sales: $2,777,340.00
2 – The Lion King
Musical adaptation of the 1994 hit Disney movie animation, about a lion cub who learns about life in his animal kingdom after his monarch father’s untimely death
Average Ticket Price: $157.41
Seats Sold: 12819
Gross Ticket Sales: $2,017,873.00
3 – Other Desert Cities
A fractured family gathers at Christmas, where a daughter’s memoir threatens to expose painful secrets and reopen old political and personal wounds.
Average Ticket Price: $233.26
Seats Sold: 7792
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,817,584.00
4 – MJ: The Musical
Jukebox musical about Michael Jackson preparing for his 1992 “Dangerous Tour” amid his painkiller drug addiction and during the time of the allegations of child molestation
Average Ticket Price: $159.25
Seats Sold: 11055
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,760,514.00
5 – Oh, Mary!
Campy comedic play that examines a fictitious life of Mary Todd Lincoln who is miserable in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and suffers from an unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed sexual desires.
Average Ticket Price: $214.79
Seats Sold: 7140
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,533,627.00
6 – Wicked
The prequel of The Wizard of Oz where Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Based on the 1995 original novel by Gregory Maguire.
Average Ticket Price: $104.02
Seats Sold: 13703
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,425,323.00
7 – The Lost Boys
Two teenage brothers move with their divorced mother to a new town in California, only to discover that the town is a haven for vampires and they become split on how to deal with it.
Average Ticket Price: $107.60
Seats Sold: 12040
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,295,449.00
8 – Billy Crystal: 860
Billy Crystal’s 860 explores the loss of his longtime home in the Palisades fire, using humor and storytelling to reflect on memory, family, and resilience.
Average Ticket Price: $157.09
Seats Sold: 8074
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,268,334.00
9 – A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama follows a young military lawyer investigating a Marine’s death, uncovering a conspiracy that leads to a clash over truth and honor.
Average Ticket Price: $161.42
Seats Sold: 7721
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,246,301.00
10 – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Based on the renowned Harry Potter novel and film series. The play takes place after the Potter gang have all grown up and this leaves Harry's son to defeat evil.
Average Ticket Price: $97.45
Seats Sold: 12586
Gross Ticket Sales: $1,226,475.00