Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/30/25

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (17.3%), & JULIET (15%), CHICAGO (11.3%), MJ (9.3%), THE GREAT GATSBY (9.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (8.8%), DEATH BECOMES HER (7.4%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (7%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (5.3%), HELL'S KITCHEN (5.2%), ALADDIN (4.8%), THE OUTSIDERS (4.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (4.5%), OEDIPUS (3.6%), MAMMA MIA! (3.4%), HADESTOWN (3.4%), THE LION KING (3.2%), LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (2.6%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (2.4%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (1.9%), CHESS (1.7%), WAITING FOR GODOT (0.8%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: BEETLEJUICE (-19.2%), LIBERATION (-17.3%), JUST IN TIME (-12%), THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (-8.7%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (-8.7%), MARJORIE PRIME (-5.4%), ART (-2.2%),

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Updated On: 12/2/25 at 01:16 PM

Looks like QoV made the right call...

Should Two Strangers be worried? That's a low number

witchoftheeast2 said: "Should Two Strangers be worried? That's a low number"

It’s a low number but it’s such a small show with no demanding star salaries that it’s likely still hitting its weekly expenses. 

I appreciate how knowledgeable all of you are on what could keep a show running and when they should be worried! 

Ensemble1711444445 said: "Running costs are 600. Need to gross around 700 to be break even. Hopefully the xmas holiday themes will help with sales before the January drop.

Kad said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Should Two Strangers be worried? That's a low number"

It’s a low number but it’s such a small show with no demanding star salaries that it’s likely still hitting its weekly expenses."

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Not sure where you decided to pull that number from, but this is what was disclosed in Forbes about 1.5 weeks ago.

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.

The surprise news last month that the show could receive up to $3 million in state tax credits is icing on the cake.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2025/11/17/two-strangers-arrives-on-broadway-in-a-perfect-storm/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20the%20fixed%20weekly,is%20icing%20on%20the%20cake.

Well I invested in the show. So maybe someone told me the running costs before I committed. What is filed with early paperwork is a projection not the final number. But yes on the tax credit! - although the budget is more like a play number so it may only qualify for about a million. Don't know the specifics of that.  And it is still the lowest costing show out there!


 

quizking101 said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: "Running costs are 600. Need to gross around 700 to be break even. Hopefully the xmas holiday themes will help with sales before the January drop.

Kad said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Should Two Strangers be worried? That's a low number"

It’s a low number but it’s such a small show with no demanding star salaries that it’s likely still hitting its weekly expenses."

"

Not sure where you decided to pull that number from, but this is what was disclosed in Forbes about 1.5 weeks ago.

In addition, the fixed weekly operating costs ofTwo Strangersare 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.

The surprisenewslast month that the show could receive up to $3 million in state tax credits is icing on the cake.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2025/11/17/two-strangers-arrives-on-broadway-in-a-perfect-storm/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20the%20fixed%20weekly,is%20icing%20on%20the%20cake."
 

Updated On: 12/2/25 at 02:32 PM

pablitonizer said: "So it seems ST season 5 premiere had some effect on First Shadow and it got it's highest grossing week since opening in April. Now is this enough to sustain it after the holidays?I still see this show closing in 2026"

IMHO, it's hard to tell if the new season actually had any effect on it considering this was a major tourist week that would have seen its numbers increase regardless. 

Do we know what the nut is for Stranger Things? The gross they should have in order to keep running? Did I use the correct term?

witchoftheeast2 said: "Do we know what the nut is for Stranger Things? The gross they should have in order to keep running? Did I use the correct term?"

It’s the right term - though a nut is a break-even point.

It was capitalized for roughly $50 Million, and I imagine a cast of that size plus all of the special effects have to push it north of $1.5M+ (Queen of Versailles, by comparison, is $1.3M)

Based on the grosses history, I’d be shocked if it had more than a handful of break-even weeks let alone profitable. But Netflix has deep pockets and they’ll keep pumping money into it if it pays off in the long game. (It won’t)

There are more shows hanging on which is great news but we will be down a net of around 5 new musicals. There are tons of show wanting to come in - of all levels of quality which is subjective and you never know what will work at the end of the day....Versailles is a critics pick! 


Mr. Wormwood said: "As the discussion about the lack of new musicals this season has continued, I feel like an under discussed factor is just how well so many long running shows are doing. Not just Wicked, Hamilton and Lion King. There are so many musicals doing solid numbers week after week and then popping big time on holiday weeks. Even ones that have seemed to be on death's door at times are capable of having super strong weeks. I feel like usually there's shows that are quite obviously reaching the end or past their expiration date (think BTTF, The Notebook and Water For Elephants around this time a year ago).

Everything hanging on pretty well is creating a lack of real estate space for new musicals, not that there are a ton clamoring to come in."

 

Updated On: 12/2/25 at 04:58 PM

Observation said: "Looks like QoV made the right call..."

I don't think so.  They lost money on Thanksgiving week...they should have closed rather than extend their losses.