Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:21pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/12/2026 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.
Click Here to Visit the Broadway Grosses...
Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: PROOF (99.8%), SCHMIGADOON! (92.5%), THE BALUSTERS (85.7%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (81.6%), CHESS (17.6%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (6.6%), THE FEAR OF 13 (5%), CHICAGO (4.9%), THE LION KING (4.1%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (3.4%), OH, MARY! (3.2%), BECKY SHAW (2.5%), FALLEN ANGELS (2.5%), ALADDIN (0.7%), EVERY BRILLIANT THING (0.6%), GIANT (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: SIX: THE MUSICAL (-9.2%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-8.5%), BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (-7%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-5.7%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-5.5%), THE LOST BOYS (-5.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-5.2%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-3.9%), MJ (-3%), THE OUTSIDERS (-2.9%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-1.8%), & JULIET (-1.2%), CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (-1.2%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-1.1%), THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (-1%), TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) (-1%), WICKED (-0.9%), HADESTOWN (-0.8%), TITANÍQUE (-0.4%), HAMILTON (-0.2%), JUST IN TIME (-0.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-0.1%),
Click Here to Visit the BroadwayWorld Grosses...
#2Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:26pm
There are going to be quite a few empty theaters for the 26-27 season.
#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:31pm
Kad said: "There are going to be quite a few empty theaters for the 26-27 season."
And assuming next season is as light as this one was, they might stay empty for quite some time.
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:35pm
I'm not too worried about the new shows (Beaches aside). They all ran pretty steep discounts for previews, so I'll judge when they officially open.
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:37pm
Wow, Chicago is killing it these days.
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:44pm
Ensemble1665759202 said: "I'm not too worried about the new shows (Beaches aside). They all ran pretty steep discounts for previews, so I'll judge when they officially open.”
Post-opening won’t make a difference. The new shows are all competing for the same local audience and they don’t want to pay those prices.
Ensemble1665759202
Stand-by Joined: 10/14/22
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:48pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Ensemble1665759202 said: "I'm not too worried about the new shows (Beaches aside). They all ran pretty steep discounts for previews, so I'll judge when they officially open.”
Post-opening won’t make a difference. The new shows are all competing for the same local audience and they don’t want to pay those prices.
"
Maybe. But I want to see, for example, what The Lost Boys can do with an 8 show week without selling $25 tickets. Maybe you’re right and capacity will just plummet this week but time will tell!
carlisle14
Stand-by Joined: 1/2/15
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:54pm
ElephantLoveMedley said: "Wow,Chicago is killing it these days."
I noticed that. I thought Chicago was trending to a closer, but they have gotten the ship back on course?!? Perhaps they are the benefactor of some really bad newer shows on Broadway right now ... tourists might pass on something like Beaches to see Chicago again, instead?
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 2:57pm
Beaches is done for.
Chicago should just give Whitney $$ at this point and have her extend
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:00pm
Good upward trajectory for CATS. Glad it’s steadily growing, though definitely not cheap to run (even if most of the cast is only making just a smidge above minimum).
The plays are really killing it, which is nice to see.
The next few weeks will be interesting for sure, especially as the remaining shows get their reviews and awards season will be the death knell.
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:03pm
I'm very interested to see what happens to Chess's grosses when Lea Michele leaves. I'm a bit surprised they're even replacing her given how much they dropped when she was out. I like JoJo a lot, but does she have enough pull?
I'm also wondering if we might be nearing the end of the road for Death Becomes Her. The numbers aren't especially bad, but when you factor in what sound like incredibly high running costs, they could be in trouble.
And awards season truly can't come soon enough for Two Strangers, which needs a major shot in the arm.
DaveyG
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:18pm
Death Becomes Her can't last much longer at this rate. I assume the creatives are waiving their royalties which still isn't enough to put them in the black for the week.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:18pm
I'm very interested to see what happens to Chess's grosses when Lea Michele leaves. I'm a bit surprised they're even replacing her given how much they dropped when she was out. I like JoJo a lot, but does she have enough pull?
I think she wants to spend the Summer with her family, so it was probably her choice. It is really interesting how bad sales plummet when she is gone, so they are going to have to figure that out. JoJo, while talented, isn't comparable in terms of sales if Moulin Rouge was any indication.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:22pm
I wonder if "Beaches" may experience a slight uptick when the snowbirds return from Florida. Kind of their demographic. I think they start returning Between May and June. Just a thought.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:22pm
BEACHES is nearly double the gross of some of those MAYBE HAPPY ENDING preview weeks, which I'm pretty sure means that it win twice as many Tonys and run twice as long.
Updated On: 4/15/26 at 03:22 PM
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:24pm
DaveyG said: "Death Becomes Her can't last much longer at this rate. I assume the creatives are waiving their royalties which still isn't enough to put them in the black for the week."
Seeing it recently, it has lost a lot of its spark and energy. I think they need to make an announcement on who is replacing the three og cast members soon, if they are even leaving. A fresh cast could turn it around, but they have to be great. Hadestown has done it for years, very successfully.
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:39pm
Do we even know if any cast members of Death Becomes Her are leaving soon? I agree that a big cast refresh might be the only big advertising strategy they could successfully leverage to boost sales at this point. But then again, this would also means they must get a really exciting cast together. I kept expecting sales to improve as we left February...but yikes. This thing needs help.
I'm also quite shocked that Cats didn't break the million dollar mark yet, but I guess lots of comps were in play last week for the final couple press performances and opening night. So they will assumedly have a big jump this week after the stellar reviews.
Thew new musicals are all in danger territory. I feel sad for Beaches. I don't know how they even finish the limited run. They just aren't in the right theater. Schmigadoon has a similarly low avg ticket price but is at least most selling out at the cheaper price point. Still, they are probably roughly $200K below the weekly operating cost, so there is a ton of ground to make up here. Two Strangers is basically stuck in the same place. If they win the Tony it will juice things...but for how long? I think the fact that its a rom com type show doesnt lend a sense of urgency, or a "must see" vibe to ticket buyers. I'm not sure that a Tony win could change that, at least not in the long term. The Lost Boys feels like it has potential to grow. But given how expensive it is to run, I could see it falling into the same trap that Death Becomes Her is in, as it eventually ends up hovering around a decent gross that just isnt enough to cover the approx $950k a week operating cost.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:46pm
I believe Jenn, Chris and Michelle’s extensions were for 6 months. That would put them through May.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:55pm
uncageg said: "I wonder if "Beaches" may experience a slight uptick when the snowbirds return from Florida. Kind of their demographic. I think they start returning Between May and June.Just a thought."
I don't know if it will be an "uptick" vs just a slightly different group of people being in town. In the same way that they might get a slight uptick today from that TV appearance, and then the grosses will drop again.
If it remains open through the end of May, that would be a huge achievement.
bwaylyric
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/22/03
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 3:58pm
It makes me so happy to see that Operation Mincemeat is still going strong even with the replacement cast.
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 4:12pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "uncageg said: "I wonder if "Beaches" may experience a slight uptick when the snowbirds return from Florida. Kind of their demographic. I think they start returning Between May and June.Just a thought."
I don't know if it will be an "uptick" vs just a slightly different group of people being in town. In the same way that they might get a slight uptick today from thatTV appearance, and then the grosses will drop again.
If it remains openthrough the end of May, that would be a huge achievement."
That was my other thought. Would it still be open. "uptick" was the only word I could think of!
Observation
Broadway Star Joined: 12/3/15
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 4:16pm
Damn... maybe Whitney and Mark need to go into Death Becomes Her.
....joking.
#23Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 4:51pm
bwaylyric said: "It makes me so happy to see thatOperation Mincemeat is still going strong even with the replacement cast."
Same. It really is the little show that could and has bucked all expectations. Even if it doesn’t run as long as the London production and peter out come 2027, it is undoubtedly a modern success story
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 5:07pm
uncageg said: "I wonder if "Beaches" may experience a slight uptick when the snowbirds return from Florida. Kind of their demographic. I think they start returning Between May and June.Just a thought."
The people in Florida don't want to see it any more than the people who are already in NYC. I am one of them. I have heard from several friends -- all of whom were comped -- just how awful it is. They also cited terrible chemistry among the leads, which I don't remember being mentioned here. Unlike MayAudra..., I do not feel sorry for Beaches. When it was announced, everyone thought it was idiocy, the show is apparently worse than feared (I have not seen it and will not see it). Even if the Shuberts gave them some incredible deal, they must have known that it was not a good show. What were they thinking!!!Although it clearly went up a lot, I am surprised that Chess' grosses were not higher. Even though Lea's exit date has been announced and is only 2 month away, people are going to wait till the last minute, and a lot of them will not be able to get tickets. So short-sighted.
I am guessing that BV is winding down and is another musical that will not return its investment. This is just so awful.
On a positive note, I just read that Chicago had its highest grossing week ever last week. I guess that, as long as they can work out some decent stunt casting every so often, they will be able to continue to subidize the money losing weeks, of which I assume there are a lot, and just go on and on.
At this rate, I can just imagine some date in the future when -- for a short period of time -- the longest runs are going to be, in order: Chicago, Lion King, Wicked and Phantom. As one of the people who argued 51 years ago, when it was getting completely lost in the ACL glow, that Chicago was a much better musical than ACL, I feel vindicated even if I know that quality and length of run rarely have anything to do with each other.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/12/26
Posted: 4/14/26 at 5:28pm
Honestly, I am not sure this is a year in which a Best Musical win will move the needle substantially for any show.
Videos