Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/18/25

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Up for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: REDWOOD (10%), SUNSET BLVD. (7.1%), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (6.6%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (5.7%), OH, MARY! (5.4%), THE GREAT GATSBY (3.1%), THE LION KING (1.7%), SMASH (1.5%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (1.5%), & JULIET (1.4%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (1.4%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (0.7%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (0.7%), THE OUTSIDERS (0.5%), DEAD OUTLAW (0.4%), HAMILTON (0.3%), GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (0.3%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (0.2%), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (0.2%), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HELL'S KITCHEN (-10.4%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-6.2%), MJ (-3.9%), PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL (-3.1%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-2.8%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-2.8%), REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL (-2.6%), GYPSY (-2.5%), HADESTOWN (-2.3%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-2.2%), FLOYD COLLINS (-2%), BOOP! THE MUSICAL (-1.3%), STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS (-1%), CHICAGO (-0.6%), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (-0.5%), PURPOSE (-0.5%), JUST IN TIME (-0.1%),

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Mostly steady week...

Great showing for Buena Vista and John Proctor

Ouch for Boop and RWHC again. They just aren't catching on.

Dead Outlaw did not get a Tony noms bump like some of the other Best Musical contenders, which does not bode well. Smash is falling apart quickly too. Might not even make it to the end of summer like I originally thought it would.

Strangers Things grosses continue to tumble. Boop, Smash, and RWHC need to pull the plug.

Cabaret and Harry Potter also seem very close to deaths door.

Updated On: 5/20/25 at 01:09 PM

The grosses for Real Women Have Curves continue to be the most depressing thing of the week. It will probably run for a week after the Tonys, and then sadly close up shop. This show just deserved so much more. Boop probably closes around the same time. The spring road conference is probably the only reason that both shows didn't already announce a closing date. 

And even in a pre-Memorial Day week that is guaranteed to be low on tourists....that number is a huge YIKES for Cabaret. This show is truly a showcase and lesson on the perils of star replacement casting in the States. For all of their talent, Orville and Eva aren't pulling in enough sales. How many weeks are these producers willing to throw away $300K+ before the next cast starts (assuming that the new batch of leads can actually sell enough tickets)? If those wild Miley Cyrus rumors are true then good for them. They basically need a Miley-level celebrity in every single round of casting to make this thing work financially. 

Also adding that Dead Outlaw is toast. They have a very low average ticket cost and are still using discounts post-Tony nominations. And even with those lower cost tickets, they aren't selling out the house. Word of mouth is fairly poor. The Tony race was supposed to be Maybe Happy Ending vs. Dead Outlaw...but MHE has firmly pulled ahead. So no Best Musical win to boost the box office. Maybe a surprise win in book or an upset in featured actress. Neither would make a dent in sales. It's a small show, so it can ride these numbers for a bit, but when new shows arrive in the fall it's going to be drowned out.

Which A-List movie stars are going to make their Broadway debuts next season? With these astronomical grosses for star-driven plays, expect them to dominate Broadway through this incoming recession. New musicals, not so much.

So many shows begging to close its not even Funny :(

Harry Potter is in really dangerous water.

Sadly, there's close to a dozen shows right now that'll probably be closing by Labor Day.

Call_me_jorge said: "Strangers Things grosses continue to tumble.Boop, Smash, and RWHC need to pull the plug.

Cabaret and Harry Potter also seem very close to deaths door."

 

You've been saying that every week. CABARET isn't going anywhere anytime soon -- sorry to disappoint.

 

Is this the first week “Maybe Happy Ending” reached 100% + a million dollars?

MadsonMelo said: "So many shows begging to close its not even Funny :(

Harry Potter is in really dangerous water."

I’m not someone to root for a show to close, especially one employing as many people as Harry Potter. But if it does have to close up shop, I hope it makes JK Rowling pause for even just a second to think about how much energy she has thrown into her campaign of hatred against trans people.

Sauja said: "MadsonMelo said: "So many shows begging to close its not even Funny :(

Harry Potter is in really dangerous water."

I’m not someone to root for a show to close, especially one employing as many people as Harry Potter. But if it does have to close up shop, I hope it makes JK Rowling pause for even just a second to think about how much energy she has thrown into her campaign of hatred against trans people."

 

Do you really think that her personal beliefs would have anything to do with the show running out of steam and closing?  But yeah...I'm sure she will pause for a moment... and then go back to counting her millions of dollars!

While I'm pulling for a miracle for them, I truly don't understand what's keeping RWHC and BOOP from closing up shop. Ticket sales for the week ahead for both shows are absolutely terrible.

MadsonMelo said: "DBH cost 30M, right? It really needs that Tony…"

Can you just point as to where your getting this from?  Thanks.