Broadway‘s recent spring arrivals enjoyed robust box office last week, with Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Dog Day Afternoon selling out and Giant, Becky Shaw, Death of a Salesman and The Fear of 13 coming within a hair’s breadth.
Some of the newcomers even joined or settled into the million-dollar-club, including Dog Day Afternoon (starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach), grossing $1,212,642 in its second week of previews at the August Wilson (opening March 30); Death of a Salesman ($1,070,078, opening April 9 at the Winter Garden); and the critically lauded Giant, taking $1,064,840 for the final week of previews leading up to last night’s opening at the Music Box.
For its first four previews, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the drag ball reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic musical, grossed $612,084, selling out the Broadhurst; opening night is April 7. The Fear of 13, the wrongful conviction drama starring Adrien Brody, grossed $474,131 for three previews at the James Earl Jones, with attendance at 98% of capacity; opening night is April 15.
Becky Shaw, non-prof Second Stage’s production of the Gina Gionfriddo play starring The Pitt’s Patrick Ball alongside Alden Ehrenreich, Madeline Brewer and Linda Emond, began previews at the Hayes, grossing $213,904 for five performances with 97% of seats filled. Opening April 6.
Taking a tumble was Chicago, dropping more than $600,000 from the previous week with Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt on vacation (she’s back this week). For the week ending March 22, Chicago grossed $836,815, down from the previous week’s $1,457,931. Still, attendance was solid at 90% of capacity at the Ambassador.
Selling out last week were Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Dog Day Afternoon, Every Brilliant Thing, Hadestown, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Just in Time, Operation Mincemeat, Ragtime and The Outsiders. Coming close, at 95% of capacity or more, were & Juliet, Aladdin, Becky Shaw, Buena Vista Social Club, Death of a Salesman, Giant, Maybe Happy Ending, Moulin Rouge, Oh, Mary!, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, The Book of Mormon, The Fear of 13, The Great Gatsby, The Lion King and Wicked.
The Top Five Earners for the week were Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($2,640,156); Hamilton ($2,403,815); The Lion King ($2,011,820); Wicked ($1,949,418); and Just in Time ($1,871,764).
The top average ticket price by far was for Just in Time, with Jonathan Groff fans paying an average $327.98 for a chance to see the star before he leaves the musical on March 29. Second highest average was Hamilton at $224.15 (the average paid admission for all 31 shows was $134.78).
In all, the 31 productions on Broadway grossed a total $36,769,360 for the week ending March 22, a jump of 12% over the previous week but down 2% from last season at this time. Total attendance was 272,806, up 7% from the previous week and down 2% year-to-year.
In the 43rd week of the 2025-26 season, Broadway has grossed $1,549,367,378, up about 7% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 11,645,418 up 3%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website.
