Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/28/25

[Rob]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 2:40pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/28/2025 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: BEETLEJUICE (11.7%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (11.5%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (9.1%), MJ (7.3%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (6.7%), HELL'S KITCHEN (5.6%), MARJORIE PRIME (3.6%), & JULIET (3%), ALADDIN (2.7%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (2.4%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (2.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (2%), THE OUTSIDERS (1.9%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (1.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.6%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (1.5%), MAMMA MIA! (1.1%), JUST IN TIME (0.5%), HAMILTON (0.5%), CHESS (0.2%), WAITING FOR GODOT (0.2%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: THE GREAT GATSBY (-9%), CHICAGO (-8.5%), LIBERATION (-5.8%), ALL OUT: COMEDY ABOUT AMBITION (-2.4%), BUG (-2.3%), HADESTOWN (-1.6%), OEDIPUS (-1%), THE LION KING (-0.8%),

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[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 2:47pm

Another fruitful Christmas week on Broadway, with several box office records being set. 

But some of these percent capacities during high season makes me feel like the January-April numbers will be especially bleak in 2026. 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 2:55pm

Yikes those last 5 weeks for Liberation are going to be brutal if that is what their Christmas week looked like

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:09pm

Pretty much status quo for the holidays it seems.

The only few things I find of note:

1) Aaron Tveit missed one performance of CHESS last week and they still grossed $1.8M. I don’t think one-off misses are cause for handwringing because this show is still running really high over its $900K weekly break-even point.

2) ALL OUT is obviously going to be in the black because there isn’t much in terms of a weekly cost aside from the talent. However, after last year’s bait-and-switch accusations, the jig is up this time around and I don’t foresee any combination going forth to be blowing up the box office. (They even papered quite a few premium seats last week).

[Kad]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:11pm

Did All Out even invite critics this time?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:12pm

I keep pulling for Two Strangers. Their grosses went up despite just seven performances (they're doing 9 this week). But their capacity is still too low.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:17pm

ACL2006 said: "I keep pulling for Two Strangers. Their grosses went up despite just seven performances (they're doing 9 this week). But their capacity is still too low."

They’re taking out a priority loan to try and make it through the winter months, going into Tony season. 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:22pm

It's mystifying that Two Strangers didn't run any type of special campaign for the holiday season that focused on the Christmas scenes of the musical. (At least I didn't see any ads of this nature). It seems like it would have been a way to grab in tourists who might have felt priced out of the bigger shows. Hopefully the 9-show week will bump up their numbers a bit. 

Good for Stranger Things for being able to capitalize on the show's 5th season buzz. I never expected this much of an increase. For their sake I hope they can hold onto that momentum as long as possible.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:35pm

The only thing that genuinely surprises me on the report is Chess.  I will admit that the current production od Chess is probably my favorite production running.  As much as I loved Hamilton or Wicked or Chicago in their heyday, I was never as thrilled watching them as I was during Chess.  Also, it was about as electric performances as I ever attended, although I will admit to seeing it in previews, so the audience was probably filled with Chess junkies.

I was genuinely surprised and disappointed that it did only 95% of capacity and had a lower average ticket price than BOM or Hadestown, to cite two long running shows that have not been doing great business for a long time.  Hell, it only grossed $50K more than Gatsby, which has been on some level of life support for quite a while.  Re Aaron Tveit missing a performance, it is my understanding that he called in very late, so I doubt that that had any impact on the box office.  I can't help wonder whether we are starting to see what happened to SB last season (SB also underwhelmed a little during Xmas week, as I recall).

As silly as it sounds, I was also surprised that The Lion King did not sell out.

A few other throughts:

•  Is this a temporary uptick for Stranger Things or will Season 5 actually result in its finally taking off on Broadway, if not at capacity, then at least performing noticeably better that much of its run to date (or will it be gone in 6 weeks?
• Is it possible that Chicago's bad weeks are largely offset by a few spectacular weeks (at Christmas and Easter?  I can't remember the last time that stunt casting helped a lot...seems like it was in 2024, not 2025.  (Are the producers getting the horrible Ambassador Theatre for even less than we probably assume?).
• Why aren't the producers of Mamma Mia making it an open-ended run.  I am sure they can convince the Shuberts to move Salesman to another theatre.  God knows they will never fill that theatre unless they charge 1990s prices, since neither Metcalf nor Lane in a drama (and without Matther Broaderick at his side) are box office attractions.
• Will Two Strangers be gone in six weeks or is it just not benefitting from Christmas week because tourists are unfamiliar with it?
• I wonder how much the Beetlejuice investors have cumulatively lost as a result of this ill-conceived revisit?

[broadfan327]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:49pm

Jarethan said: "The only thing that genuinely surprises me on the report is Chess. I will admit that the current production od Chess is probably my favorite production running. Asmuch as I loved Hamilton or Wicked or Chicago in their heyday, I was never as thrilled watching them as I was duringChess. Also, it was about as electric performances as I ever attended, although I will admit to seeing it in previews, so the audience was probably filled with Chess junkies.

I was genuinely surprised and disappointed that it did only 95% of capacity and had a lower average ticket price than BOM or Hadestown, to cite two long running shows that have not been doing great business for a long time. Hell, it only grossed $50K more than Gatsby, which has been on some level of life support for quite a while. Re Aaron Tveit missing a performance, it is my understanding that he called in very late, so I doubt that that had any impact on the box office. I can't help wonder whether we are starting to see what happened to SB last season (SB also underwhelmed a littleduring Xmas week, as I recall).

As silly as it sounds, I was also surprised that The Lion King did not sell out.

A few other throughts:

• Is this a temporary uptick for Stranger Things or will Season 5 actually result in its finally taking off on Broadway, if not at capacity, then at least performing noticeably better that much of its run to date (or will it be gone in 6 weeks?
• Is itpossible that Chicago's bad weeks are largely offset by a few spectacular weeks (at Christmas and Easter? I can't remember the last time that stunt casting helped a lot...seems like it was in 2024, not 2025. (Are the producers getting the horrible Ambassador Theatre for even less than we probably assume?).
• Why aren't the producers of Mamma Miamaking it an open-ended run. I am sure they can convince the Shuberts to move Salesman to another theatre. God knows they will never fill that theatre unless they charge 1990s prices, since neither Metcalf nor Lane in a drama (and without Matther Broaderick at his side) are box office attractions.
• Will Two Strangers be gone in six weeks or is it just not benefitting from Christmas week because tourists are unfamiliar with it?
• I wonder how much the Beetlejuice investors have cumulatively lost as a result of this ill-conceived revisit?

"

According to this Variety article, sales are strong so far for 2026 for Stranger Things. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-broadway-ticket-boost-1236613193/  

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:52pm

Jarethan said: "The only thing that genuinely surprises me on the report is Chess. I will admit that the current production od Chess is probably my favorite production running. Asmuch as I loved Hamilton or Wicked or Chicago in their heyday, I was never as thrilled watching them as I was duringChess. Also, it was about as electric performances as I ever attended, although I will admit to seeing it in previews, so the audience was probably filled with Chess junkies.

I was genuinely surprised and disappointed that it did only 95% of capacity and had a lower average ticket price than BOM or Hadestown, to cite two long running shows that have not been doing great business for a long time. Hell, it only grossed $50K more than Gatsby, which has been on some level of life support for quite a while. Re Aaron Tveit missing a performance, it is my understanding that he called in very late, so I doubt that that had any impact on the box office. I can't help wonder whether we are starting to see what happened to SB last season (SB also underwhelmed a littleduring Xmas week, as I recall).

As silly as it sounds, I was also surprised that The Lion King did not sell out.

A few other throughts:

• Is this a temporary uptick for Stranger Things or will Season 5 actually result in its finally taking off on Broadway, if not at capacity, then at least performing noticeably better that much of its run to date (or will it be gone in 6 weeks?
• Is itpossible that Chicago's bad weeks are largely offset by a few spectacular weeks (at Christmas and Easter? I can't remember the last time that stunt casting helped a lot...seems like it was in 2024, not 2025. (Are the producers getting the horrible Ambassador Theatre for even less than we probably assume?).
• Why aren't the producers of Mamma Miamaking it an open-ended run. I am sure they can convince the Shuberts to move Salesman to another theatre. God knows they will never fill that theatre unless they charge 1990s prices, since neither Metcalf nor Lane in a drama (and without Matther Broaderick at his side) are box office attractions.
• Will Two Strangers be gone in six weeks or is it just not benefitting from Christmas week because tourists are unfamiliar with it?
• I wonder how much the Beetlejuice investors have cumulatively lost as a result of this ill-conceived revisit?

"

Something else is going into the Winter Garden and Mamma Mia! is scheduled to go back out on tour so they can't extend. I don't get why people don't understand that just because a show is doing well, that doesn't mean they'll just keep extending.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 3:52pm

MAMMA MIA should have turned into an open run. Just recast the tour and keep the current one on Broadway. At this point it's too late.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 4:17pm

witchoftheeast2 said: 

Something else is going into the Winter Garden and Mamma Mia! is scheduled to go back out on tour so they can't extend. I don't get why people don't understand that just because a show is doing well, that doesn't mean they'll just keep extending."

With Mamma Mia, I would think it is reasonable to assume that any production is just about the money.  It is a fun musical and a cash cow.  Unless they seriously concluded that they could not make money in the Jan - April timeframe, they should have just made the decision very early, based on the demand they were seeing.  

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 4:47pm

Jarethan said: "witchoftheeast2 said:

Something else is going into the Winter Garden and Mamma Mia! is scheduled to go back out on tour so they can't extend. I don't get why people don't understand that just because a show is doing well, that doesn't mean they'll just keep extending."

With Mamma Mia, I would think it is reasonable to assume that any production is just about the money. It is a fun musical and a cash cow. Unless they seriously concluded that they could not make money in the Jan - April timeframe, they should have just made the decision very early, based on the demand they were seeing."

Yes, if they wanted to, they would have. Or they would have made it an open ended run. But since they didn't, I'm guessing they wanted that brief Broadway run, and then go back to selling out houses on the road. 

Broadway success does not always equal changing the originally scheduled run. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 5:04pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "It's mystifying that Two Strangers didn't run any type of special campaign for the holiday season that focused on the Christmas scenes of the musical. (At least I didn't see any ads of this nature). It seems like it would have been a way to grab in tourists who might have felt priced out of the bigger shows. Hopefully the 9-show week will bump up their numbers a bit.

THANK YOU! THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING! This show debuted at the PERFECT time to capitalize on all the Christmas buzz and it’s been a minute since I’ve seen a show piss away an otherwise perfect opportunity. I’ve said time and again that this show doesn’t have any curb appeal compared to the West End production, so this was their chance to really go all in and get the holiday dollars to keep them afloat. They are staying squarely in the 600K range which, like Mincemeat, is sufficient but not magnificent.

I also can’t imagine the Shuberts invoking a stop clause with nothing on the horizon to come in since the Longacre isn’t exactly coveted.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 5:44pm

I definitely agree that Two Strangers is not marketing itself well. I don't think it was ever gonna pop in a week like this but I feel like it's not playing up the holiday rom com feel like it could have. 

I think the Stranger Things bounce will last awhile but I feel like it will subside by the time we get to late spring/summer.

It's interesting that & Juliet doesn't pop as much as it used to. It still pops of course like most tourist shows but it used to get bigger jumps on weeks like this. I always keep an eye on stuff like that in a week where most everything is up. 

I feel like Mamma Mia and Beetlejuice sort of cancel each other out in terms of future ideas of plopping down a touring production. It will always work better for some than others.

[Azúcar!]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 6:29pm

It surprises me that Death Becomes Her didn't go thru the roof.  I was expecting better. 

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 6:45pm

Azúcar! said: "It surprises me that Death Becomes Her didn't go thru the roof. I was expecting better."

It was their second highest grossing week since they opened.  The show has always relied (sometimes heavily) on discounting to achieve its results.  Luckily, it is in a big theatre, because it has grossed well even with lots of discounted seats. 

a holiday week, it still sold a lot of discounted tickets.  I find it interesting that its average ticket price was only a dollar more than MR, which is approaching 2,000 performances (Broadwayworld's performance stats are wrong); and less than @Juliet, Mincement, Gatsby, Chicago(!!!!), and Aladdin($20 less!!!!), and dramatically less than BOM and Hadestown ($30 and $40, respectively).  IT seems to me that this show has really benefitted from discounting.  MAkes you wonder what its numbers would be if it didn't sell so many discounted tickets.

[SunsetBVLD2024]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 8:08pm

Two Strangers is not taking a priority loan.  The show makes profit every week.  Why would they take out a loan?  The show costs so little to run.  They're making more money than MANY other shows (not counting holiday weeks).  Stop spreading rumors.  Show isn't going anywhere.  

[GirlFromOz68]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 9:21pm

Re Chess,  the only week its hit 100% capacity was the first week and yet they have broken the Imperial Box office record twice and they've never gone below $1.7M, and their lowest week of capacity was 91% which was weeks ago i dont think they are too worried.

Especially when you consider in the last month theyve not had all three of the main cast in every night of the week given Nik had one scheduled absence, Lea's had two scheduled absence and Aaron's had two unscheduled absences so I'm sure a few tickets were returned even at late notice. 

Also on Lea's two scheduled absences they dropped ticket prices by a lot.

If they start dropping capacity when everyone is in for the whole week for weeks on end then people can start doomsaying but we aren't close to being there yet,  especially since I sincerely doubt that expected it to doing $1.7M to $2M a week before it opened.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 11:13pm

SunsetBVLD2024 said: "Two Strangers is not taking a priority loan. The show makes profit every week. Why would they take out a loan? The show costs so little to run. They're making more money than MANY other shows (not counting holiday weeks). Stop spreading rumors. Show isn't going anywhere. "

It has to make between 500-600k to break even, so it’s been… a little profitable. It’s making less profit than a lot of other shows running at a profit.

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 12/31/25 at 8:35am

And the well received new(ish) American plays without movie stars continue to struggle. 

[Mary_Poppins]

Posted: 12/31/25 at 10:00am

It's worth noting that most of the top earners did 9 performances. Only Hamilton, MJ, Mamma Mia and Chess did not.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 12/31/25 at 10:44am

Jarethan said: "Azúcar! said: "It surprises me that Death Becomes Her didn't go thru the roof. I was expecting better."

It was their second highest grossing week since they opened. The show has always relied (sometimes heavily) on discounting to achieve its results. Luckily, it is in a big theatre, because it has grossed well even with lots of discounted seats.

a holiday week, it still sold a lot of discounted tickets. I find it interesting that its average ticket price was only a dollar more than MR, which is approaching 2,000 performances (Broadwayworld's performance stats are wrong); and less than @Juliet, Mincement, Gatsby, Chicago(!!!!), and Aladdin($20 less!!!!), and dramatically less than BOM and Hadestown ($30 and $40, respectively). IT seems to me that this show has really benefitted from discounting. MAkes you wonder what its numbers would be if it didn't sell so many discounted tickets."

Oh the way it is succeeding has been discussed and very interesting. But as the op said; I am amazed it didn't reach capacity and beyond on Christmas week. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 12/31/25 at 10:55am

Azúcar! said: "It surprises me that Death Becomes Her didn't go thru the roof. I was expecting better."

Wasn’t Megan out for a bit ?