The 2024-25 theater season has just finished and Broadway has set a new record with nearly 15 million tickets sold and brought in $1.89 billion in revenue. The figures are the best ever in Broadway; even surpassing the numbers prior to the Covid pandemic.
In the final week of the season – the 53rd – the George Clooney play “Good Night, and Good Luck” topped it’s own record; bringing in over $4 million at the box office. The top five shows at the box office last week topped the $2 million mark.
Overall Broadway’s 40 shows brought in over $47 million at the box office last week with 21 shows joining the Million Dollar Club.
The Million Dollar Club:
“Good Night, and Good Luck” – $4.24 million
“Othello” – $3.33 million
“Glengarry Glen Ross” – $2.75 million
“Wicked” – $2.35 million
“The Lion King” – $2.06 million
“Hamilton”
“Death Becomes Her”
“Aladdin”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“The Outsiders”
“MJ The Musical”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Just in Time”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Gypsy”
“The Great Gatsby”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Sunset Boulevard”
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
A whopping 10 of the 26 shows in the 90 percent club had at least 100 percent audience capacity last week.
The 90% Club:
“Just in Time”
“John Proctor is the Villain”
“Good Night, and Good Luck”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“The Outsiders”
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Hamilton”
“The Picture of Dorian Gray”
“Wicked”
“Othello”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Oh, Mary!”
“Purpose”
“Death Becomes Her”
“The Lion King”
“& Juliet”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Hadestown”
“Pirates! The Penzance Musical”
“The Book of Mormon”
“Glengarry Glen Ross”
“Aladdin”
“The Great Gatsby”
“Call Me Izzy”
“Sunset Boulevard”
Stephen Sondheim’s “Old Friends”