Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
#1Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:35pmClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/4/2025 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: GYPSY (5.3%), PURPOSE (3.9%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (3.6%), BOOP! THE MUSICAL (2.8%), REDWOOD (1.6%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1%), GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (0.1%),
Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-18.5%), REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL (-14.6%), FLOYD COLLINS (-13.9%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-12.1%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-10.9%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-10%), CHICAGO (-9%), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (-8.7%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-8.3%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-7.8%), & JULIET (-7.3%), HADESTOWN (-6.8%), MJ (-6.1%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-5.8%), DEAD OUTLAW (-5.3%), ALADDIN (-4.9%), HAMILTON (-4.7%), SMASH (-4.1%), JUST IN TIME (-2.8%), PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL (-2.6%), SUNSET BLVD. (-2.6%), THE OUTSIDERS (-2.3%), THE LION KING (-2.1%), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (-1.8%), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (-1.7%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-1.7%), STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS (-1.6%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-0.9%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-0.5%), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (-0.2%), OH, MARY! (-0.1%),
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#3Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:38pm
I wonder if Netflix is willing to pour money into ST until the 5th season comes out so it’ll be relevant again. If not, I don’t see a world it lasts much longer.
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Stand-by Joined: 1/26/24
#4Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:39pm
STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-18.5%), REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL (-14.6%), FLOYD COLLINS (-13.9%)
Yikes!
SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#5Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:40pm
What is next at the James Earl Jones Theater?
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
#6Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:42pm
KarenValentine'sheadband said: "Boop is up!"
Boop’s audience numbers are up but their gross is almost ten percent down.
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Star Joined: 4/30/22
#7Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:46pm
Just in Time is doing just great. Curves closing notice any day now I’d imagine.
#8Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 1:59pm
I'm not sure what they can do to turn things around for Real Women Have Curves. I'm so mad that it didn't get a best musical nomination. It deserved it and needed it. Absolutely the most delightful surprise of the season, and it's a story that is needed right now. RWHC and Boop could both close the week of the Tonys unfortunately. I think Smash will prob be able to hold on until Labor Day.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:04pm
I don’t see Stranger Things packing it up anytime soon.
#10Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:05pm
RippedMan said: "I don’t see Stranger Things packing it up anytime soon."
It's simply not good enough.
gibsons2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
#11Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:08pm
What a horrible week, even nominated shows plunged or had only a minuscule uptick in grosses... I think very low consumer confidence is catching up to Broadway. Wealthy people who are not affected by layoffs and rising prices are paying up to see celebs but the vast majority of people aren't spending on the rest of the shows.
#12Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:11pm
I’m not sure if the Tony nominations have had an impact just yet. I know for shows like Dead Outlaw, Floyd Collins, and Boop, the nominations did just buy them some time. (Yes, I’m aware FC is a limited run, but can still fold if the numbers are bad.)
STRANGER THINGS and CURSED CHILD are not going to sustain with those grosses. I marvel at the drop for ST since I thought it could’ve been a show that was a genuine hit for the Marquis which (aside from Elf) hasn’t had a true standalone hit in years. (Beetlejuice and The Wiz both were buoyed by previous productions/tours)
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BdwyFan
Featured Actor Joined: 3/1/10
#13Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:14pm
Tourism is down all around. It’s not looking pretty. Tony nominations or not.
#14Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:20pm
Last week was always going to trend down a little bit (week beginning 4/21 is coming off of easter, and a couple states push their spring break to this week. So there is still a small uptick in travel numbers). And we probably wont see numbers shoot back up until the end of the month.
BUT some shows are posting troubling numbers regardless of these travel trends. Orville and Eva are not pulling in nearly enough audiences to float the astronomical operating costs of Cabaret. With Floyd Collins also not even hitting 70% capacity, it's clear that Eva Noblezada and Jeremy Jordan fan bases alone are not going to bring in those record breaking grosses (it was both of them together AND a flashy recognizable title with Gatsby). & Juliet is posting a pretty dicey number, was there a cast change Im forgetting about that would lead to the steep drop off? And I know Dead Outlaw is a small musical and a small-ish house. But the fact that after it received a bunch of rave reviews and a decent Tony nomination haul (w/ Best Musical), it still is posting an average ticket price of $67? Yikes. It speaks to little public interest, and outside of a Best Musical win, I don't know that there is a path to longevity here.
#15Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:26pm
Stranger Things is an odd one. I have no doubt in my mind that Netflix will eventually film it and stream it but I’m curious if they might want to do that ASAP and then bank on a “you’ve seen it on the small screen now see it live in person” approach. Because looking at ticket sales coming up, they’re doing horrible.
gibsons2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
#16Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:32pm
BdwyFan said: "Tourism is down all around. It’s not looking pretty. Tony nominations or not."
Don't forget, over 5 million people will start getting their wages, tax refunds and SS checks garnished next month for outstanding student loans. College educated, middle age and older people demographic that tends to attend live theater. As alarmist as it sounds, I think many people will start prioritizing being able to buy food and remaining housed at this point. Given that white collar well paying jobs are extremely hard to land nowadays, tourism and entertainment industries will suffer immensely (already are).
#17Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:36pm
Flying back from London yesterday, the flight was nearly empty (after an oversold plane heading there) and I was talking with one of the flight attendants who said she’s noticed most flights to the USA are like this, now. She said “i don’t know if it’s political….” and I laughed and said of course it is and she goes “Yeah ok i didn’t know if i could say it to you or not but yes nobody wants to go there now”
Gonna be VERY interesting to see what summer tourism numbers look like this year.
#18Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:37pm
I have a feeling this summer is going to be rough for a lot of shows. Especially some long running shows that haven't been doing well lately (Hadestown, Harry Potter, Book of Mormon, Chicago). Foreigners aren't coming into the USA this year for their annual summer outings. And then there's the fear of a recession right around the corner.
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Stand-by Joined: 3/19/06
#19Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:39pm
BorisTomashevsky said: "KarenValentine'sheadband said: "Boop is up!"
Boop’s audience numbers are up but their gross is almost ten percent down."
Can BOOP or RWHC even hang on until the Tony's?
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#20Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:40pm
Which is interesting because Stranger Things in London is an all out hit. But I think London tends to enjoy spectacle over the US.
BdwyFan
Featured Actor Joined: 3/1/10
#21Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:44pm
ACL2006 said: "I have a feeling this summer is going to be rough for a lot of shows. Especially some long running shows that haven't been doing well lately (Hadestown, Harry Potter, Book of Mormon, Chicago). Foreigners aren't coming into the USA this year for their annual summer outings. And then there's the fearof a recession right around the corner."
Yup. It seems that only shows with recognizable Star names will do well. As we see now. For shows looking to make money, they should all strive really hard to get names in their shows, in some way. I know it’s harsh to say, but it’s the only way these days. Sad. Unfortunate.
#22Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 2:50pm
RippedMan said: "Which is interesting because Stranger Things in London is an all out hit. But I think London tends to enjoy spectacle over the US."
That, but also it’s in a much smaller theatre and likely much cheaper to run.
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merle57
Understudy Joined: 9/9/24
#24Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 3:19pm
gibsons2 said: "What a horrible week, even nominated shows plunged or had only a minuscule uptick in grosses... I think very low consumer confidence is catching up to Broadway. Wealthy people who are not affected by layoffs and rising prices are paying up to see celebs but the vast majority of people aren't spending on the rest of the shows."
Or average people are opting to see 1 show starring a celebrity rather than 2-3 shows they aren’t familiar with.
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/4/25
Posted: 5/6/25 at 3:24pm
MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "I'm not sure what they can do to turn things around for Real Women Have Curves. I'm so mad that it didn't get a best musical nomination. It deserved it and needed it. Absolutely the most delightful surprise of the season, and it's a story that is needed right now. RWHC and Boop could both close the week of the Tonys unfortunately. I think Smash will prob be able to hold on until Labor Day."
Yup I was hoping RWHC would get a NYT critics pick or a best musical Tony nom.
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