Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/22/24

[Rob]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 12:45pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/22/2024 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: THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA (19.3%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (9.8%), SIX (7.6%), CHICAGO (4.4%), ELF (4.3%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (3.8%), THE GREAT GATSBY (2.2%), MJ THE MUSICAL (1.8%), ALADDIN (1%), STEREOPHONIC (0.8%), HADESTOWN (0.7%), HAMILTON (0.6%), THE LION KING (0.5%), OH, MARY! (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (-21.7%), SWEPT AWAY (-12%), LEFT ON TENTH (-11.7%), EUREKA DAY (-8.1%), OUR TOWN (-8%), CULT OF LOVE (-7.2%), GYPSY (-6%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-5.4%), SUNSET BLVD. (-3.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-2.9%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-1.9%), ROMEO + JULIET (-0.7%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (-0.5%), SUFFS (-0.4%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-0.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-0.3%), & JULIET (-0.2%),

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[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 12:50pm

Is the reason that Gypsy was down more than any other show because one of the performances was Opening Night where I assume that virtually everyone there was comped?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 12:50pm

Awesome numbers for Chicago!

[laurgirl220]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 12:54pm

The Outsiders continues to thrive wow, so impressed by these numbers

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 12:56pm

A Wonderful Life has got to be announcing its closing date soon. There's no way it'll survive the Winter season.

[chernjam]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 1:25pm

RaisedOnMusicals said: "Is the reason that Gypsy was down more than any other show because one of the performances was Opening Night where I assume that virtually everyone there was comped?"

That and also the press invited to do reviews in the last few previews I believe are comped as well

[MezzoDiva47]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 1:33pm

and Swept Away is ending its journey like the Titanic

but kudos to the producers willing to extend for two weeks only to lose even more money

most are not so generous

 

[gibsons2]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 1:37pm

Jesus, Left on Tenth plays to the empty theater...  Is Gypsy chipping away some audience from Sunset?

[barcelona20]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 1:47pm

Will they have to bring Elf back every year?

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 1:47pm

Left on Tenth is pulling Tammy Faye capacity numbers. Sad to see Hills of California limp out the door. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 2:18pm

barcelona20 said: "Will they have to bring Elf back every year?"

I'm shocked it's selling so well. It's essentially toured every year since 2013. I guess if a Broadway house is available next Nov/Dec, it could return.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 2:36pm

I don't understand the SB drop.  Did NS miss a performance (other than the one she doesn't play)?

Shocked by Gatsby.  As I said last week, it will be interesting to see how badly JJ's exit impacts grosses.

Happy to see MHE continuing to go up.  It needs to start selling tickets at full price.  Either way, I think its chances of making it to Tony season are inching up.  Since it has to stay open to May for me to it, I am hoping that it succeeds.

With costs and weekly nuts ever increasing, I wonder what it is going to take for The Outsiders and Hell's Kitchen to return their investments.  Either way, both will have big success on the road and eventually in regional theatre (and high schools some day for Outsiders?).

[chernjam]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 2:44pm

Jarethan said: "I don't understand the SB drop. Did NS miss a performance (other than the one she doesn't play)?

Shocked by Gatsby. As I said last week, it will be interesting to see how badlyJJ's exit impacts grosses.

Happy to see MHE continuing to go up. It needs to start selling tickets at full price. Either way, I think its chances of making it to Tony season are inching up. Since it has to stay open to May for me to it, I am hoping that it succeeds.

With costs and weekly nuts ever increasing, I wonder what it is going to take for The Outsiders and Hell's Kitchen to return their investments. Either way, both will have big success on the road and eventually in regional theatre (and high schools some day for Outsiders?)."

I think Sunset's drop is likely what happened Thanksgiving week as well - it's mostly family's /tourists who are in NYC for the Holidays and are looking for more family/holiday entertainment.  I would go see Sunset once a week if I could afford it - but if I'm bringing my teenage nieces they'd want to see Wicked, Aladin, Lion King - my out of town relatives would want to see Hamilton - there's certain "tourist" attractions and such that Sunset wouldn't most likely appeal to.  
Also, as much as I love Nicole in this role, she's not as famous in the US as she is in UK/Europe.  

Will be interesting to watch how things progress moving forward

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 3:38pm

barcelona20 said: "Will they have to bring Elf back every year?"

I wonder how many tickets Sean Astin is selling. He’s literally the only reason I want to see Elf.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 3:46pm

Astin was the only reason I wanted to see this again. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 3:52pm

Has a show ever maintained its Broadway sales figures for over 20 years straight like Wicked has? Cats closed just shy of 20 years. Phantom maintained respectable numbers, but nothing crazy and usually always had availability. I'd say Lion King, but Wicked's capacity is usually a higher percentage than Lion King.

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 4:21pm

TotallyEffed said: "barcelona20 said: "Will they have to bring Elf back every year?"

I wonder how many tickets Sean Astin is selling. He’s literally theonlyreason I want to see Elf."

A majority is probably for Astin, but Grey Henson has a strong following from MEAN GIRLS and SHUCKED (the night I went, the stage door was more noisy for him than Sean). Kalen Allen also has a huge social media following that could be compounding here

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 4:22pm

Wicked is getting a boost due to the movie currently. For the most part, they would have the rear mezzanine closed off during the week. Now the entire Gershwin is open and they're near 100% capacity. Wicked and Lion King rarely have discounts available outside of Broadway week twice a year.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 4:22pm

HILLS OF CALI goes out with a whimper, and SWEPT AWAY will too. Not shocked by WONDERFUL WORLD’s numbers, their audience isn’t in New York right now, and their numbers will slightly rise during the winter doldrums as most shows plummet. This might be one of those odd spring closings.

HELL’S KITCHEN has been dropping a bit in recent weeks. DEATH BECOMES HER did the same this week, but both shows should be okay at the moment. 

Most everyone else saw the expected pre-Christmas bump. We’re just under 5% of the 2018-19 record total gross at this pace, let’s keep it going. 

 

Updated On: 12/24/24 at 04:22 PM

[round2]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 6:00pm

I know that historically, the week from Christmas through New Year's Day has been one of the highest-grossing of the year on Broadway. How might that play out with Christmas and New Year's Day on Wednesdays of two different weeks. Will they both be "boffo," or each have good, but not spectacular business?

Looking at the grosses from last week, it is fun to see Maybe Happy Ending getting stronger every week...

[DaveyG]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 6:26pm

ACL2006 said: "barcelona20 said: "Will they have to bring Elf back every year?"

I'm shocked it's selling so well. It's essentially toured every year since 2013. I guess if a Broadway house is available next Nov/Dec, it could return."

The production at the Marquis is so much better than the one that's been touring. Feels like a brand new show. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 6:29pm

I think a Christmas story is due for a revival

[yyys]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 6:33pm

Not surprised with Elf. I went this past weekend and there were tons of kids, teens and their parents...plus tourists.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 8:02pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I think a Christmas story is due for a revival"

There's a terrific production at Goodspeed right now. Jenn Gambatese as the mom and John Scherer as the Old Man are standouts

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/24/24 at 8:24pm

DaveyG said: "ACL2006 said: "barcelona20 said: "Will they have to bring Elf back every year?"

I'm shocked it's selling so well. It's essentially toured every year since 2013. I guess if a Broadway house is available next Nov/Dec, it could return."

The production at the Marquis is so muchbetter than the one that's been touring. Feels like a brand new show."

The current tour is non-equity and has been playing one week runs. It really shouldn't be. Their one week run in Red Bank in November didn't sell. The Basie never gets one week runs of any tour.