Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/25/25

[Rob]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:00pm

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 5/25/2025 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: SIX: THE MUSICAL (11.8%), CHICAGO (11%), STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (9.6%), REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL (9%), PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL (8.1%), THE GREAT GATSBY (7.4%), HADESTOWN (6.2%), THE BOOK OF MORMON (6%), HELL'S KITCHEN (5.6%), BOOP! THE MUSICAL (5.3%), ALADDIN (5.2%), SMASH (5.1%), & JULIET (4.8%), HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (4.1%), THE LAST FIVE YEARS (3.9%), THE LION KING (3.4%), DEATH BECOMES HER (3.4%), SUNSET BLVD. (3.1%), HAMILTON (3%), PURPOSE (2.6%), CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB (2.3%), MJ (1.9%), DEAD OUTLAW (1.9%), OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL (1.7%), THE OUTSIDERS (1.5%), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1.4%), FLOYD COLLINS (1.4%), MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (1.1%), MAYBE HAPPY ENDING (0.8%), JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (0.6%), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (0.6%), JUST IN TIME (0.5%), GYPSY (0.1%), GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (0.1%),

Down for the week by attendance (% of capacity) was: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS (-2.5%), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (-2.2%),

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[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:04pm

Death Becomes Her's laissez-faire strategy on the bootlegs seems to be paying off pretty damn well for them.

I really couldn't be happier to see Buena Vista Social Club hitting over $1.2 million. I think they're shaping up to be the biggest surprise hit of the season.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:09pm

Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up?  I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week.  So I am just wondering.  Or does it not matter?  Do they not matter?

[bear88]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:16pm

I think it’s increasingly safe to say that Death Becomes Her is not a star-driven show. It may be memes, or allowing bootlegs to run wild, or just that it’s a big comedy with good word of mouth, but whatever they are doing is working.

The producers have made the calculation that it’s more important for the stars to make promotional appearances, and it looks like they’re right.

Maybe Happy Ending, Buena Vista Social Club, and Just in Time continue to perform very well.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:20pm

I suspect Hilty and Simard’s absences don’t matter and aren’t widely known to the general public. 
 

I don’t understand why Boop and RWHC are hanging on. Both seem to have hit a ceiling of how much they can bring in, even during this holiday week, and I don’t really see how they can turn things around at this point. A shock win for Jasmine at the Tonys could help Boop but they’re deep in a hole and it’d just be delaying the inevitable, while RWHC isn’t nominated for anything that will change things even if they win. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:25pm

I feel bad for RWHC. I’m not really sure what else they can do to get people to see the show.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:26pm

BOOP hasn't been anywhere close to hitting their weekly nut. A miracle win by Jasmine probably doesn't help them much, either.

 

 

Overall surprised at the grosses considering it was a holiday weekend.

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:26pm

SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:28pm

So happy to see Mincemeat selling out the Golden.  I hope it continues throughout the summer.  Love that show.

[Huss417]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:33pm

Mr. Wormwood said: "SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet"

And they need to continue having weeks like this for that $31.5 million investment. I still think that it will be a hard number to make after the summer months. 

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:33pm

Amazing numbers for DBH! I keep saying this but hope it snatches best musical!

 

When is RWHC and Boop! wrapping things up? Can we expect an announcement this week?

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:34pm

Outsiders should be on the brink of recouping if they haven’t already.

And as shocking as it may be, if Gatsby holds on with strong numbers through the summer (and I think they just might) they could also probably reach recoupment by the fall or end of the year given the high running costs.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:37pm

Huss417 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet"

And they need to continue having weeks like this for that $31.5 million investment. I still think that it will be a hard number to make after the summer months."

Universal pictures has deep pockets.  I think there is a bigger picture in mind.  Wicked; its first few months heading into the Tonys was heavily discounted and not the hot ticket it eventually became.  I think there are some of the same pockets involved.

Updated On: 5/28/25 at 03:37 PM

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:38pm

Some excellent jumps as we head back into "it's officially summer" territory, and the return of tourists. Very happy for the continued success of Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending.

Still...Boop!, Real Women, Dead Outlaw, and Cabaret are all really struggling. The first two won't make it out of June. I'm sure Smash is hoping they absorb some of Boop's audience once they close, but I'm not sure it'll be enough to keep them open too much longer. And even with a $132k jump, Cabaret is still lighting roughly 200k on fire. Six more weeks of this until (hopefully) producers have convinced some A-Lister to join in as Sally and/or the Emcee. We'll see.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:41pm

Lots of happy trails being said last Sunday - Boy George, Jade Milan, Ashley Graham, Jade Smith, and standout ensemblists Ava Noble, Dylan Paul, and Chloe Davis. 

[Huss417]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:50pm

SmokeyLady said: "Huss417 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet"

And they need to continue having weeks like this for that $31.5 million investment. I still think that it will be a hard number to make after the summer months."

Universal pictures has deep pockets. I think there is a bigger picture in mind. Wicked; its first few months heading into the Tonys was heavily discounted and not the hot ticket it eventually became. I think there are some of thesame pockets involved."

I don't think you can compare Wicked to Death Becomes Her. Wicked is also in that barn of a theatre. I also think the audiences for both are somewhat different. I'm not wishing DBH ill will just looking at it as a very expensive show to recoup on Broadway.

[itsahopi]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:54pm

Huss417 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet"

And they need to continue having weeks like this for that $31.5 million investment. I still think that it will be a hard number to make after the summer months."

Broadway musical investments are for the future of the property, not just the NY production. As I find myself saying every time someone brings this figure up, this show will be huge on road and licensing. 

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 3:55pm

It wasn't meant as a comparison between the two shows.  Just the kind of producers both shows have and as to how their business decisions might be made.  How the show would do after summer was questioned and I think there is a bigger picture involved.

[Lot666]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 4:31pm

Stranger Things seems to have made a big leap.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 4:59pm

MHE 101%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 weeks in a row! 

[JoeW4]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 5:19pm

It seems like every season there’s at least 1 show that keeps running for weeks/months despite hemorrhaging money. And we never seem to learn the lesson:

We can’t try to apply regular fiscal logic to passion projects like this; RWHC for example has already demonstrated that minimizing financial loss isn’t their main MO. So we have no idea when they’ll close, because we have no idea how large their reserve and/or angel investment is. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 5:37pm

I've been seeing ads for RWHC alongside with Singer (sewing machine) and a jeans brand. I'm guessing the show has gotten some partnerships/sponsorships to keep it afloat? Not sure how that works.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 7:48pm

Is this Cabaret in its last 6 months? It's been on TDF weekly, and the last two stars didn't prove major box office. If Billy Porter recreates his West End Emcee on B'way, will there be a jump? I'm not a fan of this staging, and think it doesn't really matter to most people who stars at this point. This new take on Sally isn't the post-Richardson iteration - the Michelle Williams/Emma Stone type - but a big voiced - well, something else. I find the character's frame in this production the most egregious error, since she her relationship with Cliff feels perfunctory, low stakes. Would love to see Madeline Brewer (Handmaid's star, and a superb actor) recreate her London performance.

[OrchardAndRivington]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 7:51pm

SmokeyLady said: "Huss417 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "SmokeyLady said: "Do you think DBH would have hit the 100% mark if their leading ladies would be showing up? I do know a few people that exchanged their tickets last week. So I am just wondering. Or does it not matter? Do they not matter?"

Was that the reason it was at 99.61% capacity instead of 100%+? Possibly

Does it matter? No, considering it was still at 99.61% and had its highest grossing week yet"

And they need to continue having weeks like this for that $31.5 million investment. I still think that it will be a hard number to make after the summer months."

Universal pictures has deep pockets. I think there is a bigger picture in mind. Wicked; its first few months heading into the Tonys was heavily discounted and not the hot ticket it eventually became. I think there are some of thesame pockets involved."

Similarly to Wicked.. I'm sure the producers are trying to focus on making Death Becomes Her the star, in the way that Wicked is the star, so they probably aren't as concerned with Hilty/Simard missing shows as a show like Gypsy which is much more star driven.

Yes, Chenoweth and Menzel both received noms (with Menzel winning, obviously), but even after Idina's win they focused on selling the SHOW as the star, not whoever was playing Glinda and Elphaba. I think Death Becomes Her is going to try and follow that model as closely as possible.. and obviously DBH isn't the same iconic IP as Wicked/Wizard of Oz with broad family appeal, but if they can bring in talented Broadway stars as Helen/Madeline replacements and star cast Viola with Pop Stars and Drag Queens, there should be no reason, IMO, that they shouldn't get a 4-5 year Broadway run, and a 5-6 year North American Tour out of it.

[What The Dickens]

Posted: 5/28/25 at 8:05pm

The #SamMendes revival with #AlanCumming is still the best version for me, but I really enjoyed #CabaretAtTheKitKatClub recently. #OrvillePeck is very good as #Emcee & #EvaNoblezada is my new favourite #SallyBowles.