Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/29/24

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: A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (17%), SWEPT AWAY (11.6%), EUREKA DAY (11.5%), GYPSY (11%), OUR TOWN (10%), BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL (9.5%), LEFT ON TENTH (8.8%), CULT OF LOVE (7.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (7.4%), MJ THE MUSICAL (5.6%), SUNSET BLVD. (5.6%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (5.1%), HELL'S KITCHEN (5%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (4.3%), DEATH BECOMES HER (4.1%), SIX (4.1%), & JULIET (3.4%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (2.7%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (2.6%), ALADDIN (1.9%), ROMEO + JULIET (1.2%), HADESTOWN (1%), HAMILTON (0.8%), SUFFS (0.8%), THE GREAT GATSBY (0.4%), THE OUTSIDERS (0.3%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: ELF (-3.1%), CHICAGO (-1.1%), ALL IN: COMEDY ABOUT LOVE (-0.3%), THE LION KING (-0.1%),

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Gypsy demonstrating why that % of capacity up/down by number only tells you so much...

DiscoCrows said: "InTheBathroom1 said: "I think Wicked just beat the record for highest-grossing week EVER on Broadway."

Did they? I don’t know how to check but that number is unbelievable. Also, huge kudos MHE. What a fantastic holiday week all around."

For a 9 performance week, yes. The record was held by Lion King a year ago when the show grossed $4.3 million which I thought was hard to beat!

Wonderful World seems like it’ll be gone by March. 

Kad said: "Wonderful World seems like it’ll be gone by March."

James T. Lane was on almost the whole week (7 of 8 performances) because Iglehart has been out sick. I’m SO happy that he was able to enjoy quite a few sold out houses and fuller audiences. (I went last night and there were only a smattering of open seats).

I think it’s in a weird position. Nobody is necessarily clamoring to take Studio 54 and Roundabout didn’t program for it, so I have a feeling it may have life in it (especially with everything that’s closing next month), but once the Spring comes in, it’ll get knocked out. 

I definitely feel like a closing would’ve been announced by now if they were able to somehow subside on the lukewarm grosses. Also, it’s only on sale until May 4th, 2025, so maybe Roundabout would rather keep a tenant that has signs of life than leave it empty for many months.

Kad said: "Wonderful World seems like it’ll be gone by March."

Early February 

BCfitasafiddle said: "Why would Elf be down in attendance this week? I'm puzzled by that."

Christmas was on Wednesday. Desire to consume Christmas-themed content usually dips significantly afterwards.  Their seating charts look empty this week.  

 

I am actually stunned by Maybe Happy Ending. I was certain it'd be limping to a closure at this point and instead, I doubt they have any plans to go anywhere. If they can keep it going until June, I think they will do very well at the Tonys. That hurts my heart a bit because I am a much bigger fan of Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw. But, I think the hero story of this great little show's insane turnaround will be hard to ignore. 

I'm also stunned by Great Gatsby. I truly can't believe there are people paying $674 per-ticket for that show, but here we are. 

I'm so happy to see Suffs and Stereophonic with fantastic weeks as they near the end of their run. 

Seems a bit disappointing for Sunse and Cabaret. Both solid moneymaking weeks and, for Cabaret, it's their best week with the new cast, but both are well below their peaks in a week that should be one of the best. Moulin too. 

AKarp2013 said: "Holy mother of God, those are some monster numbers!!

Question regarding Gatsby: did they open the rear mezz at all or is it still curtained off? Considering how gob-smacking good they're doing, it seems like they would want to open it up and try to rake in even more."

I just looked at Telecharge- the rear mezz is open from tomorrow through the weekend (and well sold)- I’m assuming it was open last week as well.

ETA: The very back of the rear mezz is still closed- I stand corrected.

Updated On: 12/31/24 at 03:46 PM

I'm sure Elf lost steam after Christmas Day. It'll probably be one of the biggest drops this week which will still be good for most shows.

Wicked is truly insane. Insane.

Very happy for Maybe Happy Endings! And that number for The Outsiders is truly astonishing for a theater that size. Back to the Future is also going out on a huge high.

Happy holidays everyone! Revel in these numbers.