Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/6/25

[Rob]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:13pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/6/2025 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: OH, MARY! (1.7%), SMASH (1.7%), BOOP! THE MUSICAL (1.4%), MJ (0.7%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (0.4%), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (0.1%), GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: FLOYD COLLINS (-19.5%), GYPSY (-14.2%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-12.2%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-11.9%), REDWOOD (-10%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-9.8%), CHICAGO (-8.4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-7%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-6.5%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-5.4%), PURPOSE (-5.4%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-5.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-4.6%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-3.5%), SUNSET BLVD. (-3.3%), & JULIET (-2.9%), HAMILTON (-2.7%), ALADDIN (-2.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-2.1%), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (-2.1%), HADESTOWN (-1.9%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-1.7%), THE LION KING (-1.3%), THE OUTSIDERS (-0.8%), OTHELLO (-0.5%), STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS (-0.4%), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (-0.4%),

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[barcelona20]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:20pm

Jonathan Groff is a Broadway star.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:21pm

barcelona20 said: "Jonathan Groff is a Broadway star."

He really is. I was thinking that same thing all last night during the show. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:22pm

Wow, Maybe Happy Ending! That’s quite the turnaround from a show most on here deemed DOA.

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:24pm

BOOP and REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES have very long roads ahead of them. I think they would’ve been bigger in a less crowded season, but BOOP especially needs some huge boosting to last.

I know TL5Y just opened, but I’m really surprised that they aren’t breaking a million since it seems like Jonas alone would print money, but I think the reviews and negative word of mouth have really put a damper on things. (Although I think salaries are probably most of their budget)

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:26pm

Why the big drop offs from last week?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:29pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "Wow, Maybe Happy Ending! That’s quite the turnaround from a show most on here deemed DOA."

Criss was back from vacation last week, as most of the other shows took a dip.

Decent start for PIRATES.

DORIAN GRAY with a higher ATP than GLENGARRY feels notable to point out.

BOOP and RWHC need the best musical nomination or else they’re closing in May. Remember the latter is filling the house with $19.87, $50, and comped seats throughout previews (in addition to $49 rush and $59 lottery). 

BUENA VISTA holds firm. 

Audra missed at least a couple of perfs last week, hence the GYPSY tumble.

I honestly expected FLOYD COLLINS and STRANGER THINGS to do a bit better this week. 

 

 

 

Updated On: 4/8/25 at 01:29 PM

[gibsons2]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:34pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "I honestly expected FLOYD COLLINS and STRANGER THINGS to do a bit better this week."

Stranger Things didn't do too terrible for just 4 performances, no? Maybe the spring break will bring more of their target audience.

Floyd Collins WOM and not being an easy sell catching up to it, I think. 

 

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 1:36pm

I'm curious as to how 40 Othello tickets went unsold. Did they just hold the premium pricing too close to performance time? Surely there was a way to unload those.

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 4:12pm

Thankfully spring break is happening next week for most states, so many of these shows should (hopefully) bounce back.

BOOP! and Real Women Have Curves are going to have a tough go of it I think. Even if one or both get nominated for Best Musical (which I honestly find unlikely) it is likely not enough to stem the losses and keep them going for more than an additional month or so. WOM needs to catch on immediately if they are going to stand a chance.

Great start for Pirates! I have no idea about the quality yet, but this should turn into a much-needed financial success for Roundabout. I expect many shows to try and copy the formula of casting a theater heartthrob and a famous drag queen.

Stranger Things is starting out decent enough. But given how expensive the show is to run, I have to think that producers were hoping to be in the 1.4 - 1.5 million range. Very curious to see how much longevity this property has in this format. 

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 4:52pm

Stranger Things is starting out decent enough. But given how expensive the show is to run, I have to think that producerswere hoping to be in the 1.4 - 1.5 million range. Very curious to see how much longevity this property has in this format."

STRANGER THINGS only played 4 shows.  Extrapolate their number to a full week and they are nearly at $2mil.

Updated On: 4/8/25 at 04:52 PM

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 5:06pm

D'OH! I could have sworn that "4" was a "6" when I read the chart. Which extrapolated would get them around 1.1 million. Time to put the glasses on I guess! Nevermind about those numbers! lol

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 5:46pm

carolinaguy said: "I'm curious as to how 40 Othello tickets went unsold. Did they just hold the premium pricing too close to performance time? Surely there was a way to unload those."

Given how high their grosses have been, they probably expected people to buy them. Or maybe they were house seats that went unused. How would they have unloaded them?

[ggersten]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 9:03pm

Given dynamic ticketing, I guess it's not feasible - but it would be helpful to know gross potential - not just capacity potential. 

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 10:55pm

If Gypsy doesn't win many Tony's I see it closing shortly thereafter.

[DAME]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 11:37pm

poisonivy2 said: "If Gypsy doesn't win many Tony's I see it closing shortly thereafter."

I am afraid you are right.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 11:40pm

poisonivy2 said: "If Gypsy doesn't win many Tony's I see it closing shortly thereafter."

If it closes mid-late July, Lincoln Center could try and get Joy Woods back for RAGTIME, although the easier choice would just be to continue with Nichelle. 

[sm33]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 11:42pm

Went to NYC this past week for a theater trip, and saw a lot of Broadway - Cabaret, Gypsy, Othello, Just in Time, Maybe Happy Ending, Oh Mary, Picture of Dorian Gray, Glengarry Glen Ross, and Death Becomes Her.

So many of the shows were full or just next to it (from what I could see). There were a couple of empty rows at Cabaret and Just in Time at midweek performances, and a few empty seats right near us at Gypsy (for which I was thankful, for space reasons), but the rest of the shows were pretty damn packed - I didn't see a single empty seat at Oh Mary, GGR or Dorian Gray. I did see a prime pair of seats at Othello on the aisle - wondered if someone made a very expensive scheduling error or the tickets just didn't sell .

I've seen those kinds of crowds at Christmastime, but definitely not as much as previous trips we've made at other times of year, so I was really heartened to see how busy it was, and that's reflected pretty well in the grosses! Really hope that continues. 

[DAME]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 11:52pm

Death Becomes Her seems to have so much availability .  Yet the numbers don’t reflect that.

[binau]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 3:54am

For many shows, Sunset is another, A LOT of inventory is sold close to curtain I assume via TKTS primarily. I also suspect that the word of mouth perpetuates this (people who buy on TKTS recommend others do too etc). It’s always been like this but in the last few years it’s become even more noticeable. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 5:52am

DAME said: "poisonivy2 said: "If Gypsy doesn't win many Tony's I see it closing shortly thereafter."

I am afraid you are right."

It’s only selling through August 31st, but I’m inclined to agree it might fold faster than that. Even though I know Audra is capable of 8 shows per week, callouts are damaging when the production pushes your name above all others. I think it would’ve behooved them to go the Sunset route and have a “Guest Star” one night per week since Mama Rose is one of those demanding roles that takes its toll.

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 6:19am

I don't recall previous Roses having an alternate one night a week.

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 6:49am

SteveSanders said: "I don't recall previous Roses having an alternate one night a week."

Neither did previous Normas or Dollys until recent years, but times change as we begin to care more about the health and longevity of performers

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 6:50am

SteveSanders said: "I don't recall previous Roses having an alternate one night a week."

Just because they didn’t have one doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have had one.

Updated On: 4/9/25 at 06:50 AM

[Auggie27]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 8:51am

Was having a conversation about how this season is slightly overstuffed with a certain sub-genre: the lighter high concept true musical comedy, i.e. Death Becomes Her, Smash, and Boop all have approximately the same audience, though said audience doesn't necessarily have the cash/impetus to see all three or even two of the three. Yes, I know they're different pieces, but from a marketing standpoint, they are a blurring mix of similar elements, and none has over-the-title stars that pull bigger bucks. It will be interesting to see how they do in awards season and over the summer. I've always thought Boop a hard sell, and Death a show that could fall prey to the Tootsie-Mrs. Doubtfire-Groundhog Day syndrome (the very qualities that earn a show a brand name also remind audiences that you can watch the source at home.)