As the 2025 Tony Awards draw near�June 8 at Radio City Music Hall—grosses for the first week of the 2025-2026 season, which began May 26, have been reported.
As has been the case for several weeks, the star-driven productions of Good Night, and Good Luck (led by George Clooney) and the revival of Othello (co-starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal) were the highest-grossing productions of the week ending June 1, taking in $4.25 million and $3.55 million, respectively. High-priced tickets helped both those productions take those slots with Good Night at an average ticket price of $339.38 and Othello, an even higher average paid admission of $425.49.
For those unable to snag a ticket to Good Night, and Good Luck, the hit play will broadcast live on CNN June 7 (with a simultaneous streaming option), the night before it ends its limited Broadway engagement.
READ: 2024-2025 Broadway Season Is the Highest-Grossing in Recorded History
Other shows in last week's top five highest grosses included the long-running Wicked ($2.3 million), the Tony-winning The Lion King ($2.01 million), and the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross ($2.01 million).
Because Memorial Day Weekend occurred during the previous week, grosses were down 4.92%, but Broadway still took in a very healthy $44,949,803 over its 40 currently running shows. That's a 27.35% increase from this week last season, again demonstrating how Broadway has bounced back since the pandemic. There were 333,529 theatregoers last week, who paid an average ticket price of $134.77.
Although most shows saw grosses decrease slightly, there were a few that enjoyed increases, including the Tony-nominated new musical Maybe Happy Ending, which brought in $1.1 million, over a $13,000 increase; the Tony-nominated revival of Sunset Blvd., which saw nearly a $200,000 increase for a box-office take of $1.25 million; and the aforementioned Othello, with a $222,751 increase.
Call Me Izzy—the new solo show starring Hacks Emmy winner Jean Smart—began previews last week, taking in $467,848 over seven performances at Studio 54. The limited engagement is scheduled to officially open June 12.
Be sure to tune into the 78th Annual Tony Awards this weekend to see how the 2024-2025 productions fare during Broadway's biggest night of the year. How the awards affect show grosses, however, won't be noticeable for a few weeks.
Take a look at the full report here.
The $1 Million Club (shows that earned $1 million or more at the box office):
- Good Night and Good Luck ($4.25 million)
- Othello ($3.55 million)
- Wicked ($2.3 million)
- The Lion King ($2.01 million)
- Glengarry Glen Ross ($2.01 million)
- Hamilton
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Aladdin
- Death Becomes Her
- Sunset Boulevard
- Just in Time
- The Outsiders
- Oh, Mary!
- Buena Vista Social Club
- MJ The Musical
- Gypsy
- Maybe Happy Ending
- The Great Gatsby
(18 of 40 currently running productions)
The 90s Club (shows that played to 90% or higher of their seats filled over the entire week):
- Just in Time (103.32%)
- Good Night, and Good Luck (101.74%)
- Maybe Happy Ending (101.13%)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (100.9%)
- The Outsiders (100.68%)
- John Proctor is the Villain (100.53%)
- Oh, Mary! (100%)
- Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical (100%)
- Othello (100%)
- Wicked (100%)
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Purpose
- Hamilton
- The Lion King
- Hadestown
- Aladdin
- & Juliet
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Death Becomes Her
- The Great Gatsby
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Pirates! The Penzance Musical
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
- The Book of Mormon
(24 of 40 currently running productions)
