Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/17/25

[Rob]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 12:37pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/17/2025 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: CALL ME IZZY (12%), GYPSY (10%), PURPOSE (0.7%), MAMMA MIA! (0.3%), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (-11.2%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (-9.8%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (-8.8%), CHICAGO (-8.6%), THE GREAT GATSBY (-6.7%), SIX: THE MUSICAL (-6.6%), MJ (-5.8%), HELL'S KITCHEN (-5.5%), HADESTOWN (-4.3%), ALADDIN (-3.6%), THE LION KING (-3.5%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (-3.4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (-2.9%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (-2.9%), DEATH BECOMES HER (-2.7%), THE OUTSIDERS (-2.4%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (-2.2%), & JULIET (-1.5%), JEFF ROSS: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE (-0.5%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (-0.3%), JUST IN TIME (-0.2%),

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[DaveyG]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 12:40pm

With a running cost of 1.2 million per week, Cabaret lost $700,000 last week. Pack it up. 

Updated On: 8/19/25 at 12:40 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 12:44pm

Happy trails to GYPSY and Ian Weinberger, the full-time conductor of HAMILTON for over 5 years who is now on tap to music direct CHESS in the fall. 

Remember that this was also supposed to be the final week of CALL ME IZZY, but it was extended by a week to make up for some of Smart's missed time due to injury. (Expect much lower numbers for the show next week.)

[gibsons2]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 12:45pm

Welp. Rough week for everyone except shows that are closing soon or have closed that week. Cabaret having the same grosses as Call me Izzy is wild. Happy too see the "banana" show doing as well as it deserves. 

Mamma Mia popularity will never be something I'll comprehend. 

Updated On: 8/19/25 at 12:45 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 12:54pm

I would imagine discussions are underway for an early closure for Cabaret, if it's not already set. There is absolutely no way it can sustain for two whole months at these grosses and there is little indication that any kind of reversal of fortune will happen. 

Glad to see Oh Mary is still thriving. Looking at its gross history, it's been remarkably steady for its entire run and does not yet seem to be trending down at all. 

Updated On: 8/19/25 at 12:54 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 1:04pm

I have to imagine THE OUTSIDERS and OPERATION MINCEMEAT lost money last week for the first time in a while, no?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 1:04pm

First week of school for many. Summer is over!

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 1:20pm

Could Mamma Mia be stealing audience members from other Jukebox musicals like Hell's kitchen and &Juliet? I see HK wrapping up by the end of the year. 

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 1:47pm

Buena Vista is down - they may have to pack up by Thanksgiving.

(joking!  just wanted to be part of the weekly closing conversation!)

[Kad]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 2:00pm

pablitonizer said: "Could Mamma Mia be stealing audience membersfrom other Jukebox musicals like Hell's kitchen and &Juliet? I see HK wrapping up by the end of the year."

I don't think that's super likely. People don't go to jukebox musicals in general, they go to ones featuring the music they like. Mamma Mia, HK, and &Juliet, I would assume, would all be appealing to different demographics. 

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 2:06pm

John Proctor dropped after Sadie but has been so steady since then. I wish it wasn't closing.

That's a near all time low for & Juliet and it's still August. Its three lowest full weeks of all time were in Sep of last year.

Buena Vista has been a major overperformer and it had a fantastic summer but there's no denying that it's on a bit of a downward trend now.

Embarrassing for Cabaret - to be just slightly ahead of Call Me Izzy? YIKES.

I still believe the Shubert will have a new tenant by Spring/Summer of 2026. I also believe that for the Golden and the Broadway.

These Mamma Mia numbers - makes me wish they had done a full blown revival with some money spent & new direction/design instead of plopping down a cheap touring production.

That's the lowest gross for The Outsiders since before its Tony win.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 2:17pm

Jeff Ross dropping down to an $29 average ticket price 😂

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 4:49pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "I have to imagine THE OUTSIDERS and OPERATION MINCEMEAT lost money last week for the first time in a while, no?"

Both are assuredly safe.

At this point, though, that number for CABARET is just tragic. I was actually looking at the seat maps for Porter’s upcoming absences, and they actually look a *little* better sold - which makes me think people might actually be taking the hint to go and see Marisha while they can do so without Billy.

Someone was posting that we may see a bloodbath in January similar to that of 2009 and I still feel like it’s way too early for such a prediction, especially since the long runners are experiencing an expected dip that comes before LDW.

I’ll concede that sales for new shows (Queen of Versailles, Two Strangers) being astronomical does not help matters CHESS fares little better - but they have more “bankable” names in that they Tveit & Michele has massive theatre followings and Chenoweth, while a legend, may end up going the Idina/REDWOOD route if the show itself is a turd.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 5:20pm

It is truly crazy that they comped Jeff Ross' show so hard that their average price is well below what they are charging for rush and lotto tickets (and TDF!)

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/19/25 at 6:19pm

Jeff Ross' show ticket price is the lowest i have ever seen......