Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 1/18/26

Anyone have thoughts on why it's released so late today? I don't care one way or another but just curious 

TalksAboutBruno said: "Yesterday was a holiday for a lot of workers :)"

oh doi thank you I'm silly 

 

That number for Just in Time...yiiiiiikes! 

Updated On: 1/20/26 at 05:57 PM

Groff had a scheduled vacation all week.

I guess we know once and for all just how big a box office attraction Jonathan Groff is.  I have been a big fan since Spring Awakening, so I am really happy for him.  Makes me wonder whether he has ever played to an unfilled theatre since he starred in SA.  SA was not a juggernaut, but he was only in it for the first year, so I imagine there were very few empty seats during his time in that show.  Then Hamilton, Merrily and this.  Good for him. 

I wonder whether this drop will lead to a decision to close the show when he is scheduled to leave.  Presumably, unless they get a real box office attraction, they could be in for serious trouble.  If one assumes that they are not going to be able to charge the current ticket prices for almost anyone who could replace him, and then takes into consideration the smaller seating capacity at CITS, I would imagine they are going to be in a tough position.  For example, DBH is grossing so well, despite pretty mediocre average ticket prices, because the theatre is big and there are enough people willing to buy discounted tickets, if not fully-priced ones.  Don't know what full prices they would be able to command with a semi-name, but I imagine that an extension beyond Groff's run would require some serious understanding of a lower break-even point and a realistic understanding of the average ticket price they can expect to achieve.  The producers of Boy From Oz made the right decision when they decided the show could not go on without Hugh; what is different here?

Also, Hell's Kitchen's announcement resulted in an uptick to the box office, but probably not enough to matter.  Re the people who thought that the show should have had a longer lead time to the closing date, I think this proves that it would not have made enough of a difference.  This was even a holiday weekend for a show that celebrates diversity.

I would love to know what Tom Felton is getting paid.  It continues to boggle my mind how much nostalgia is driving HP's box-office.  Felton has not exactly had an impressive career since Potter and probably would not sell 11 tickets to any other show that he joined.  But in HP, he is somehow a box office attraction, and in a minute role no less.

I am wondering how much longer Stranger Things is going to benefit from the TV show.  Then I am reminded that Chicago was pretty much ready to close before the movie opened, so who knows?

And mamma mia for Mamma Mia!!  Given the sheer horror of current life in this country, MM is an antidote for a couple of hours, just as it was when it opened originally right after 9/11.

I don’t think Groff has truly attained “box office attraction” status. This is his first show fresh off of winning a Tony for a critically acclaimed revival, and so he’s riding a lot of lightning from that, bolstered by a long and steady career on/off Broadway and in television.

I personally found JUST IN TIME to more or less be a 54 Below cabaret show with a blockbuster budget, and the premise is based on Groff as much as it is on Darin. (The m@sturbat0ry nature of the show was a big turnoff for me). That’s probably a major reason why Magnusson was not able to recreate the same magic - it would be like going to a Groff cabaret show and someone else is performing his act.

I feel like I need to see him do at least one more show where he is the top billed or shares billing with someone who isn’t exponentially more famous than him. (MERRILY had Daniel Radcliffe). Only then could I be convinced Groff has attained a truly bankable status.

Is this the first time in a while that Buena Vista went below a million?  I’ve been really surprised at how well they’ve done.  &Juliet has to be next to close, no?  And I’m hoping Book of Mormon can get their numbers up, I see they’re advertising 15 years on Broadway now, I’m sure they will do lots of press celebrating it. 

Wow a full 2/3s drop in $ for Just in Time.

Two Strangers continues to slowly rise week by week with its excellent word of mouth.  It will be selling out with expensive tickets come late spring with this slow but steady trajectory. 

Updated On: 1/21/26 at 09:48 PM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I think THIS is the show that has cemented Groff. People leave raving about him and his performances in this and Merrily had universally stellar word of mouth. He's also now proven himself in two very different shows: musical acting, vs musical showmanship.

He might never reach Hugh Jackman status but few stars are there.

The other benefit of Just In Time is it's only got to fill 690 seats a night. But the fact that they've been able to consistently sell it out at such a high ticket price is a testament to him and to Alex Timbers for fitting this show around him so elegantly."

And it's only $12.5 million, a bargain of a capitalization for a Broadway musical these days. They might be close to recoupment, if not already there.

Danasi said: "Operation Mincemeat had a nice jump in % capacity. I wonder if this was in spite of, or because of, all the covers they had last week? I think most shows had three understudies on, with a couple quadruple cover shows. I've heard about the bingo they do, so that could play a role too. Maybe this is a good sign for the show after the original cast leaves in Feb."

I think fans of OM are very enthusiastic about covers so they buy tickets when the covers are on and bring people with them.