Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/2/25

[Rob]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 1:50pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/2/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section.

Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative grosses and other statistics on how each show stacked up this week and in the past.

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (5%), PUNCH (3.7%), OH, MARY! (0.4%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SIX: THE MUSICAL (-14.8%), CHICAGO (-14%), THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (-11.2%), THE OUTSIDERS (-11.1%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-11%), LIBERATION (-10.4%), CHESS (-8.3%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-8.2%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-7%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-7%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-5.4%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-5.2%), LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (-5%), MAMMA MIA! (-4.6%), ALADDIN (-4.2%), MJ (-3.4%), BEETLEJUICE (-2.9%), JUST IN TIME (-2.1%), HADESTOWN (-2%), & JULIET (-2%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-1.9%), THE LION KING (-1.7%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-1.5%), ART (-1.2%), WAITING FOR GODOT (-0.6%),

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[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 1:50pm

Ouch.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 1:54pm

Happy trails to PUNCH, Andrew Barth Feldman, Mira Sorvino, Angela Grovey, and James Monroe Iglehart (for now).

Rough for most titles last week, but an okay start for new entries OEDIPUS and TWO STRANGERS.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:01pm

Does Halloween at all affect turnout for Broadway?  With the holiday landing on a Friday this year leading to the "Halloweekend" of parties and other gatherings, does it affect ticket sales at all?  Is there a historical precedence?

It was a down week definitely but still on par with this time last year and still up from 2023 levels.

Updated On: 11/4/25 at 02:01 PM

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:19pm

Why isn’t hell‘s kitchen in the grosses?

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:19pm

I guess it would make sense that WICKED continues to thrive on Halloween...

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:23pm

DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Why isn’t hell‘s kitchen in the grosses?"

It's right there.

Great grosses for Ragtime and Chess. 

[InTheBathroom1]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:23pm

Halloween is a notoriously difficult holiday to sell tickets on.  Same thing goes for movies--the box office is typically quite slow.  And Halloween on the weekend makes it even worse.  I saw many shows offering special Halloween discount codes, etc.  Lots of competition for those entertainment $$.

[JT2030]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:29pm

Agreed -- Halloween, especially falling on a Friday and rolling into the weekend, certainly would have an impact.

Oedipus quite strong out of the gate, just shy of $500k for 4 performances.

Love the momentum continuing for Chess and Ragtime.

And ouch, Rob Lake and The (?) Muppets.......going this weekend, and I don't wish failure on anyone but a $31k take per show for a 7 performance week seems like a disaster in motion.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:47pm

Yikes for everything except mainstays like Wicked, Death Becomes Her, Lion King, Hamilton. 

Time for Six to close up shop and move to an off-Broadway theater? That number. Yikes. They also put out new tickets so maybe they have a stunt cast coming?

[MezzA101]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 2:50pm

AKarp2013 said: "Does Halloween at all affect turnout for Broadway? With the holiday landing on a Friday this year leading to the "Halloweekend" of parties and other gatherings, does it affect ticket sales at all? Is there a historical precedence?

It was a down week definitely but still on par with this time last year and still up from 2023 levels."

And at the movies:

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/halloween-box-office-worst-weekend-weekend-2025-1236567966/#recipient_hashed=ad090d11db3c8a108dd551a8b6d4df5016ba4c75ab08df713f3b8706f7d68b89&recipient_salt=55cf91038fc596ad3b5442839ef056a4599ad94fd19ca691b3ec2a7b4c3aaf3f&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=643894_11-02-2025&utm_term=284729?utm_medium=&utm_source=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_id=

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:18pm

Yikes Beetjuice, Six, Outsiders(effects of no brody), Stranger Things, Liberation 

Updated On: 11/4/25 at 03:18 PM

[round2]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:28pm

Did Brody Grant actually pull in audiences for The Outsiders? Did he have that kind of name recognition and following, that would result in a drop at the box office when he left the cast?

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:32pm

round2 said: "Did Brody Grant actually pull in audiences for The Outsiders? Did he have that kind of name recognition and following, that would result in a drop at the box office when he left the cast?"

My thought is people wanted to see the original cast. Now that they're beginning replacements, it might be less of a draw

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:40pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "round2 said: "Did Brody Grant actually pull in audiences for The Outsiders? Did he have that kind of name recognition and following, that would result in a drop at the box office when he left the cast?"

My thought is people wanted to see the original cast. Now that they're beginning replacements, it might be less of a draw"

National tour just launched, too.

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 3:47pm

InTheBathroom1 said: "Halloween is a notoriously difficult holiday to sell tickets on. Same thing goes for movies--the box office is typically quite slow. And Halloween on the weekend makes it even worse. I saw many shows offering special Halloween discount codes, etc. Lots of competition for those entertainment $$."

Yeah. There were discounts abound, but really only the shows that have the cult following/costume contest events seemed to do best on Halloween (Beetlejuice, DBH, Mincemeat).

I remain perplexed at how much money Netflix is going/willing to shovel into their ST fire. Same with LIBERATION - having twice the performances of OEPIDUS and only making half the money.

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 4:01pm

Rob Lake MAGIC is off to a poor start and unfortunately I think it will continue to do poorly because word of mouth is focusing on how little The Muppets actually appear. They are setting families up to be disappointed. 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 4:19pm

If Netflix can't get people into Stranger Things on "Halloweekend" then I don't know what their gameplan is. Yes, I understand it's an abysmal holiday for Broadway in general, but this would have been the perfect show to eat up all the tourist dollars as folks look for spooky fun. It's obvious that they hope Season 5 is going to miraculously juice this thing...but it just ain't happening. I mean, even the Season 5 trailer had some of its thunder stolen because the Scream 7 trailer debuted on the same day! They are waiting on some magic bullet that just isn't going to arrive.

I'm also highly confused, and disappointed, that the first time The Muppets appear on Broadway they are attached to this amateur hour magic show from someone with no name recognition. The Muppet Studio is usually so much better at handling this IP with care. This is a huge miss (and HOW did no one think to put Statler and Waldorff in one of the boxes?! I mean my god, it's right there!). Word of mouth is not going to be kind and I hope that it doesn't deter the Muppet Studio from trying out stage productions in the future. Movies like The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, or The Muppet Movie could be turned into charming and profitable stage shows. We don't need more half baked "guest appearances" please. 

That number for Liberation is quite depressing. It was never going to be a big blockbuster, but the script is incredible and I wish they could find a way to get more people in the door. Will easily be one of my top theatergoing experiences of the season when all is said and done. 

& Juliet and Hell's Kitchen are probably done this winter. And though the show is incredibly cheap to run, which has protected it, we are now seeing numbers that should prompt SIX producers to potentially look at an Off-Broadway transfer at New World Stages or other midtown venue. 

[Kad]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:12pm

The Rob Lake show is really a baffling case of producing malpractice. The Muppets were always going to be the selling point here- they're beloved cultural icons and Lake's biggest claim to fame to the public is being a quarter finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018. Using the Muppets to get people in the door and then barely showing them was never not going to backfire. If the magic was incredibly impressive, perhaps it would mitigate their absence, but even that doesn't seem to be the case. 

It's really surprising that Disney and the Jim Henson Co. would let such iconic and valuable IP be used like this.   

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:19pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "If Netflix can't get people into Stranger Things on "Halloweekend" then I don't know what their gameplan is. Yes, I understand it's an abysmal holiday for Broadway in general, but this would have been the perfect show to eat up all the tourist dollars as folks look for spooky fun. It's obvious that they hope Season 5 is going to miraculously juice this thing...but it just ain't happening. I mean, even the Season 5 trailer had some of its thunder stolen because the Scream 7 trailer debuted on the same day! They are waiting on some magic bullet that just isn't going to arrive.

I'm also highly confused, anddisappointed, that the first time The Muppets appear on Broadway they are attached to this amateur hour magic show from someone with no name recognition. The Muppet Studio is usually so much better at handling this IP with care. This is a huge miss (and HOW did no one think to put Statler and Waldorff in one of the boxes?! I mean my god, it's right there!). Word of mouth is not going to be kind and I hope that it doesn't deter the Muppet Studio from trying out stage productions in the future. Movies like The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, or The Muppet Movie could be turned into charming and profitable stage shows. We don't need more half baked "guest appearances" please.

That number for Liberation is quite depressing. It was never going to be a big blockbuster, but the script is incredible and I wish they could find a way to get more people in the door. Will easily be one of my top theatergoing experiences of the season when all is said and done.

& Juliet and Hell's Kitchen are probably done this winter. And though the show is incredibly cheap to run, which has protected it, we are now seeing numbers that should prompt SIX producers to potentially look at an Off-Broadway transfer at New World Stages or other midtown venue."

If you think it’s an amateur hour magic show, I’m guessing  you haven’t seen it. And if you think he has no name recognition just because YOU have never heard of him, a quick Google search will prove otherwise, 

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:24pm

Sutton Ross said: "DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Why isn’t hell‘s kitchen in the grosses?"

It's right there.

Great grosses for Ragtime and Chess."

I don’t see any of those grosses on the list above 

[EmceeHammer]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:26pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "We don't need more half baked "guest appearances" please."
 

Counterargument: 

• Liberation with Special Guests The Muppets
• Waiting for Godot with Special Guests The Muppets
• Oedipus with Special Guests The Muppets
• Oh, Mary! with Special Guests The Muppets

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:32pm

Kad said: "The Rob Lake show is really a baffling case of producing malpractice. The Muppets were always going to be the selling point here- they're beloved cultural icons and Lake's biggest claim to fame to the public is being a quarter finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018. Using the Muppets to get people in the door and then barely showing them was never not going to backfire. If the magic was incredibly impressive, perhaps it would mitigate their absence, but even that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's really surprising that Disney and the Jim Henson Co. would let such iconic and valuable IP be used like this. "

He is a creative consultant and has designed illusions for multiple Disney shows. Perhaps that is why Disney, who recently shut down their own theme park Muppets attraction, allowed their valuable IP to be used like this. 

[Kad]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:36pm

Matt Rogers said: "Kad said: "The Rob Lake show is really a baffling case of producing malpractice. The Muppets were always going to be the selling point here- they're beloved cultural icons and Lake's biggest claim to fame to the public is being a quarter finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018. Using the Muppets to get people in the door and then barely showing them was never not going to backfire. If the magic was incredibly impressive, perhaps it would mitigate their absence, but even that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's really surprising that Disney and the Jim Henson Co. would let such iconic and valuable IP be used like this. "

He is a creative consultant and has designed illusions for multiple Disney shows. Perhaps that is why Disney, who recently shut down their own theme park Muppets attraction, allowed their valuable IP to be used like this."

You're so right, America's Sweetheart Runner-up! 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 11/4/25 at 5:40pm

Kad said: "Matt Rogers said: "Kad said: "The Rob Lake show is really a baffling case of producing malpractice. The Muppets were always going to be the selling point here- they're beloved cultural icons and Lake's biggest claim to fame to the public is being a quarter finalist on America's Got Talent in 2018. Using the Muppets to get people in the door and then barely showing them was never not going to backfire. If the magic was incredibly impressive, perhaps it would mitigate their absence, but even that doesn't seem to be the case.

It's really surprising that Disney and the Jim Henson Co. would let such iconic and valuable IP be used like this. "

He is a creative consultant and has designed illusions for multiple Disney shows. Perhaps that is why Disney, who recently shut down their own theme park Muppets attraction, allowed their valuable IP to be used like this."

You're so right, America's Sweetheart Runner-up!"

You’re no runner up, babe. You’re snark queen number one! Take a bow!