Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#1
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:03pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/17/2026 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.
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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: OH, MARY! (15.8%), THE BALUSTERS (7.2%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (2.9%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (2.1%), JUST IN TIME (1.9%), MJ (1.2%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1.1%), CHICAGO (0.7%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (0.5%), FALLEN ANGELS (0.4%), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (0.3%), ALADDIN (0.1%), PROOF (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-19.3%), BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (-6.6%), SCHMIGADOON! (-5.6%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-4.9%), CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (-3.9%), THE FEAR OF 13 (-3.9%), & JULIET (-2.8%), GIANT (-2.8%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-2.6%), HADESTOWN (-2.5%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-2.2%), JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE (-2%), DOG DAY AFTERNOON (-1.4%), BECKY SHAW (-0.5%), HAMILTON (-0.5%), CHESS (-0.4%),
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#3
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:11pm
Happy trails to Darren Criss and Claire Kwon at MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. Expect their numbers to plummet immediately.
Tom Felton was on vacation this week from POTTER, hence their major drop.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#4
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:14pm
Literally had zero idea that Celebrity Autobiography was running already until I read through this grosses report. Clearly nobody else seems to know that, either.
Leading Actor Joined: 9/25/24
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#5
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:38pm
WldKingdomHM said: "It’s time beaches …it’s time"
Same with Six and &Juliet
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#6
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:43pm
Celebrity Autobiography seems like it could get abridged.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#7
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:46pm
Assuming it's not a misprint, is the average ticket price for Celebrity Autobiography of $15.22 a new record low?
Can someone remind me -- do comps get included in both the average ticket price calculation and the % of capacity?
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#8
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:52pm
"Assuming it's not a misprint, is the average ticket price for Celebrity Autobiography of $15.22 a new record low?"
The Blonde in the Thunderbird, which ran for three weeks in summer 2005, had an average ticket price of $11.02 in its second week.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#9
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:52pm
mikem said: "Assuming it's not a misprint, is the average ticket price for Celebrity Autobiography of $15.22 a new record low?
Can someone remind me -- do comps get included in both the average ticket price calculation and the % of capacity?"
It has to be. They're essentially just giving out comps to get people in the theater.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#10
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:54pm
Kad said: "Celebrity Autobiography seems like it could get abridged."
Honestly, I think going in they knew this was just a place filler and not meant to blow up the box office. They also only announced it like two weeks ago and the theatre was just assembled with the marquee and such on Monday. I assume each cast member is taking a small amount of money per performance to just goof around.
Meanwhile, BEACHES can’t even GIVE tickets away. I haven’t seen comped Broadway tickets left on the table with this degree of frequency since BAD CINDERELLA
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#11
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:55pm
It's a really weird thing. It was only announced two weeks ago and there's barely been any kind of major marketing or press push. People genuinely do not seem to realize it's even happening.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#12
Posted: 5/19/26 at 2:56pm
WldKingdomHM said: "It’s time beaches …it’s time"
Beaches averaged 717 people per performance. The balance between evening and matinee shows likely means the weeknight shows had roughly 400 in attendance.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#13
Posted: 5/19/26 at 3:02pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "
Tom Felton was on vacation this week from POTTER, hence their major drop.
"
Huge drop. I wonder what he is getting paid as this drop shows that he is the reason a majority of people have been seeing the show.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#14
Posted: 5/19/26 at 3:04pm
ACL2006 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "It’s time beaches …it’s time"
Beaches averaged 717 people per performance. The balance between evening and matinee shows likely means the weeknight shows had roughly 400 in attendance."
Just pull the plug already
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#15
Posted: 5/19/26 at 3:09pm
How much longer is Netflix willing to lose money on Stranger Things?
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#16
Posted: 5/19/26 at 3:10pm
Beaches closing Sunday! Announcement coming
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#17
Posted: 5/19/26 at 3:22pm
ElephantLoveMedley said: "Literally had zero idea thatCelebrity Autobiographywas running already until I read through this grosses report. Clearlynobody else seems to know that, either."
Same. Wow $15 average ticket price! I’m guessing a lot of people got comps.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#18
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:03pm
Where did this Celebrity Autobiography thing even come from?? I remarked to a friend of mine in the press that I had never heard of it until the other day (which was opening night?). And they remarked that they hadn't heard anything about it until they got their press invitation! Their RSVP was never responded to either. I mean...where is the advertising? Where is the effort? Where is the anything? There are some utterly fabulous people in the cast lineup, but maybe tell folks that they're in a show and what it's about?
This week is the spring road conference, so I imagine Beaches was just holding on for this week when those presenters were in town.
Elsewhere, pretty rough numbers for Six, & Juliet, Stranger Things. Gatsby and The Outsiders have both softened a lot. Just a blip, or are they entering into a freefall like Death Becomes Her that they wont be able to correct?
It's also concerning that Tony darlings like Schimgadoon, The Lost Boys, and The Jellicle Ball haven't really seen their grosses reliably skyrocket since nominations. Hopefully Tony performances will change things.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#19
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:08pm
Forgot to mention... this week (ending 5/24) is the final week of the Broadway fiscal season, and a new total gross record is expected to be set once more. (Although it'll be a MUCH lesser jump than 2023-24 to 2024-25, which was a 22% increase.)
The way the numbers are trending at the moment, 2026-27 is on track to be a lower-grossing season, but A-list celebrities in some shows' casts can help ease some of the pain. The district is gonna need bigger names than the season about to conclude.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#20
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:13pm
WithoutATrace said: ""Assuming it's not a misprint, is the average ticket price for Celebrity Autobiography of $15.22 a new record low?"
The Blonde in the Thunderbird, which ran for three weeks in summer 2005, had an average ticket price of $11.02 in its second week."
The iconic Home for the Holidays's average for their 2nd week was $13.51 in 2017. And their best ever week was $34.68...with a capacity of 22.83%...on the week of Christmas. Not as ignominious as Blonde & the Thunderbird, but one for the books nonetheless.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#21
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:14pm
Home for the Holidays!!!! Another doozy.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#22
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:21pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Forgot to mention...this week (ending 5/24) is the final week of the Broadway fiscal season, and a new total gross record is expected to be set once more. (Although it'll be a MUCH lesser jump than 2023-24 to 2024-25, which was a 22% increase.)
The way the numbers are trending at the moment, 2026-27 is on track to be a lower-grossing season, but A-list celebrities in some shows' casts can help ease some of the pain. The district is gonna need bigger names than the season about to conclude."
well, here's hoping they can get some good ones. maybe also a stunt-cast or two
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#23
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:35pm
Noticing Chess hasn't recovered from its slide since March 22nd despite everyone in and the Tony nominations with capacity at 73% and box office under $1M. I've had a bit of a theory forming about that for a couple of weeks.
Chess hasn't been over 90% capacity or $1.3M since week ending 22nd March. they announced Lea was leaving 20th March.
A friend was telling me a few weeks ago they saw a couple of people on Facebook, very much regular person land, say it was sad Lea had left the show, not leaving in June, left.
Makes me think a lot of people saw the headline and missed the date and thought she'd left because it seems too much of a coincidence the real slide in capacity and box office started the week after the announcement of Lea leaving the show and its never recovered.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#24
Posted: 5/19/26 at 4:38pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "How much longer is Netflix willing to lose money onStranger Things?"
It's Netflix. I don't think they are too worried.
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/17/26#25
Posted: 5/19/26 at 5:17pm
And quietly, Death of a Salesman has turned into a monster hit. I wonder if they will try to extend, or if that’s possible. How much money would the play need to make to recoup?
The other news looks kind of grim, at least for now. The nominated musicals got their bump last week but that’s it for now.
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