Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/23/25

[Rob]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 1:15pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 11/23/2025 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: HELL'S KITCHEN (7.9%), LIBERATION (5.9%), CHICAGO (5%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (3.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (2.7%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (1.3%), ALADDIN (0.8%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: THE GREAT GATSBY (-8.6%), LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (-8%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (-7.8%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-7%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-6.2%), MJ (-5.8%), & JULIET (-5.7%), OEDIPUS (-5.2%), THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (-4.8%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-2.9%), CHESS (-2.8%), JUST IN TIME (-2.5%), MAMMA MIA! (-2.5%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-2.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-2.3%), THE OUTSIDERS (-1.9%), THE LION KING (-0.9%), ART (-0.6%), HADESTOWN (-0.6%), HAMILTON (-0.2%), BEETLEJUICE (-0.2%), WAITING FOR GODOT (-0.1%),

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[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 1:19pm

Wondering the weekly costs of Chess because they are making MONEY!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 1:23pm

With this, we are now halfway through this very thin 2025-26 Broadway season. 

Okay start for MARJORIE PRIME.

Can TWO STRANGERS afford to take out a priority loan to get them to the Tony noms? 

Yolanda Adams and the return of the Alicia Keys post-show concerts helped out HELL’S KITCHEN once more. 

Happy trails to Trisha Paytas and Alison Luff (for now). 

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 1:24pm

It's so interesting to see the QOV numbers. I'm sure the advance is horrid, but not a bad number the week they announce closing. What a mess.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 1:24pm

Also curious about the nut for Two Strangers.  It's a small show so I assume it's not terribly high, but the grosses still seem a bit low.  Word of mouth seems pretty good and they're handing out a lot of rush tickets, so I'm curious if they've fallen into a hole where they aren't able to raise ticket prices.  Then again, if they're making a profit or close to it, they might not need to.

[Sammy232]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 2:02pm

BCfitasafiddle said: "It's so interesting to see the QOV numbers. I'm sure the advance is horrid, but not a bad number the week they announce closing. What a mess."

Saw somewhere that there weekly nut is 1.3 million, which if true, these numbers are not good at all. That coupled with advance seems like it was the right call to close after the holidays.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 2:17pm

The nut on TWO STRANGERS is quite low with a 4 person cast, few crew and a band of 6?  The word of mouth on it is excellent and growing.   The shows ticket prices will now go up.  They ran a specia,l for all preview performances, at reduced costs all over the theater including prime seats.   This show is on its way to hit.

They could use better marketing in general especially online considering the nature of the show. Their ads and front of theater are not appealing.  Time to change from the Pekoe Group, TWO STRANGERS.  (they helped kill Wonderful World, Days of Wine and Roses, The Notebook etc.)

Updated On: 11/25/25 at 02:17 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 2:30pm

I don’t think anyone’s best estimates would’ve pegged CHESS for the $2M club.

I would presume Two Strangers is budgeted on par with Mincemeat (UK Fringe darling turned West End Hit) - maybe a little less. I remain thoroughly aggravated at how crappy their marketing is. Christmas is the time to be capitalizing on this show because that’s the time it’s set in, and the fact that it has ZERO curb appeal (abetted by the perpetually blocking scaffold near the Longacre) doesn’t help at all.

QOV was the one to watch this week since it announced closing yesterday, and seeing that as the gross makes sense as to why they are cutting their losses early and driving up demand (what little there is). 

Tank also returned to HK a few days early, so him and Yolanda together may have helped with the bump along with Alicia. 

I’m not worried about Marjorie Prime. It’s a subscription base that’s going to be supplemented with people coming to see June Squibb and Cynthia Nixon. LBBR is starting to worry me a little, but if Liberation can continue to make a bonfire 🔥 f their capital, I can’t imagine Scott Rudin would pull the plug on LBBR.

[quizking101]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 2:34pm

Also, we will need to wait two weeks to see the true impact Leslie’s departure has on HAMILTON since he’s doing his last three shows today and tomorrow, and then it’s the holiday weekend.

Did they say who was coming in as Burr after Leslie? I was going to assume Jared Dixon would come back, but I could also see them riding out the holiday weekend with understudies and the new Burr will start next Tuesday 

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 3:03pm

I hear Two Strangers is like 450-475K to run weekly. The aren't losing. But they aren't smashing either. 

CoffeeBreak said: "The nut on TWO STRANGERS is quite low with a 4 person cast, few crew and a band of 6? The word of mouth on it is excellent and growing. The shows ticket prices will now go up. They ran a specia,l for all preview performances, at reduced costs all over the theater including prime seats. This show is on its way to hit.

 

 

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 3:14pm

Running costs are just under 600

 

 

Ensemble1698878795 said: "I hear Two Strangers is like 450-475K to run weekly. The aren't losing. But they aren't smashing either.

CoffeeBreak said: "The nut on TWO STRANGERS is quite low with a 4 person cast, few crew and a band of 6? The word of mouth on it is excellent and growing. The shows ticket prices will now go up. They ran a specia,l for all preview performances, at reduced costs all over the theater including prime seats. This show is on its way to hit.



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Updated On: 11/25/25 at 03:14 PM

[binau]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 3:17pm

That was basically (just under) the cost to run the Bernadette Peters Follies in 2011 in a large theatre with a very large cast, a few names, elaborate costumes and a very large orchestra. A large set and some jaw dropping changes to Loveland (even if mostly static). 

Now you get 2 people and a small band lol.

Doesn't feel very good value for money. 

Updated On: 11/25/25 at 03:17 PM

[Kad]

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

But that was 15 years ago. Adjusted for inflation, $700k in 2011 is comparable to well over $1mil today. 

[binau]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 3:54pm

That's a fair point, adjusted for inflation I would estimate the suggested ballpark of Two Strangers would put them a little below the nuts of Fun Home and Gentlemen's Guide for a fairer comparison. 

[ACL2006]

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

Ensemble1698878795 said: "I hear Two Strangers is like 450-475K to run weekly. The aren't losing. But they aren't smashing either.

CoffeeBreak said: "The nut on TWO STRANGERS is quite low with a 4 person cast, few crew and a band of 6? The word of mouth on it is excellent and growing. The shows ticket prices will now go up. They ran a specia,l for all preview performances, at reduced costs all over the theater including prime seats. This show is on its way to hit.



"

It's the clear front-runner for Best New Musical. They'll hold out unless something shocking gets announced for the Spring.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 5:20pm

Their advertising is just not appealing. They need to market it along side shows on FX or HBO Max. Give me that quirky love story angle. And throw in some Christmas stuff. 

[zainmax]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 5:47pm

"In addition, the fixed weekly operating costs of Two Strangers are estimated to be $480,577. Adjusting for inflation, the show should cost less money to run each week than any other new commercial musical on Broadway since at least the start of the COVID-19 pandemic."

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2025/11/17/two-strangers-arrives-on-broadway-in-a-perfect-storm/

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/25/25 at 7:04pm

Kevin McCollum always plays the long game with his shows. He’ll keep this going, even at a loss, just in the hopes of scoring some Tony noms and wins. 

[CJRochester]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 9:27am

I think Two Strangers follows the same path as Maybe Happy Ending, growing its audience organically by positive word of mouth. 

[Theatrefan2]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 10:19am

I wonder if the lack of marketing for Two Strangers is deliberate. Instead of increasing costs and spending on expensive marketing, rely more on word of mouth and let it spread organically.

[suzcap]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 12:21pm

MadsonMelo said: "Wondering the weekly costs of Chess because they are making MONEY!"

Per r*ddit bway gross reports it is $900k,

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 12:45pm

suzcap said: "MadsonMelo said: "Wondering the weekly costs of Chess because they are making MONEY!"

Per r*ddit bway gross reports it is $900k,"

Oh, that's great for them!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 12:57pm

In other threads/other spaces people couldn't figure out how Queen could close pulling $1 million, as it did the prior week. But with this nearly $200k plummet, and Winter 2026 looming large, it's quite clear. Has anyone reported a ballpark nut? Did they ever come close?  Is it really $1.2 million? I cannot imagine believing you could pull that, other than in a mega-star led show like the Midler Dolly or Gyllenhaal whatever. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/26/25 at 10:37pm

MadsonMelo said: "suzcap said: "MadsonMelo said: "Wondering the weekly costs of Chess because they are making MONEY!"

Per r*ddit bway gross reports it is $900k,"

Oh, that's great for them!"

The man running those numbers is consistently under and off.  

[Huss417]

Posted: 11/27/25 at 9:56am

CoffeeBreak said: "MadsonMelo said: "suzcap said: "MadsonMelo said: "Wondering the weekly costs of Chess because they are making MONEY!"

Per r*ddit bway gross reports it is $900k,"

Oh, that's great for them!"

The man running those numbers is consistently under and off."

Then please share with all of us what the numbers should be for each show.