‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’, ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Sell Out As Overall Grosses Take Post-Holiday Hit – Broadway Box Office

Broadway box office was solid and clear-headed last week after the previous week’s lucrative holiday-fueled numbers, with receipts for the 31 productions settling at a solid $34,320,229 . That’s a 34% drop from the week that contained New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Attendance for the week ending January 11 was 272,911 , down about 13% from the previous week. About 92% of all Broadway seats were filled, compared with 98% during the New Year’s week. Average ticket prices took a $40 drop from the holiday prices, to an average $126.76 last week. Bug , the Tracy Letts play starring Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood, opened January 8 to good notices , but two cancellations due to company illness and opening night comps saw grosses drop by $129,476 to $317,330 . Even without the holiday crowds, eight productions were sell-outs, with starring Tom Felton from the film franchise, topping the grosses list with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child $2,648,036 . was second at Hamilton $2,182,545 and taking the third spot with Wicked $2,074,900 . Other sell-outs were Just in Time ($1,456,348), and Mamma Mia! ($1,777,550), Ragtime ($1,149,497), ($1,661,666) Stranger Things: The First Shadow Wicked ($2,074,900). Watch on Deadline Nearly every production saw receipts drop, with only Liberation, Marjorie Prime and Oedipus bucking the trend. Liberation , which closes February 1, showed signs that word-of-mouth could at long last be catching up to critical acclaim, with receipts up $214,311 to a production high of $639,035 , and attendance at the James Earl Jones at 86% of capacity compared to 66% the previous week. (Next up at the James Earl Jones is announced today and coming in March). The Fear of 13, Oedipus , starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, nearing its February 8 closing date, was up just more than $51,000 to $864,706. About 93% of seats at Studio 54 were filled. Also filling more than 95% of seats were Chess ($1,671,690), Marjorie Prime ($382,918), Oh, Mary! ($981,394), The Lion King ($1,707,794) and . At 90%+ were The Outsiders ($1,055,397) and Aladdin ($1,071,071), Buena Vista Social Club ($949,976), Death Becomes He r ($1,067,958), Maybe Happy Endin g ($1,053,552), The Book of Mormon ($866,879) The Great Gatsby ($1,100,724). Season to date, Broadway, in the 33nd week of the 2025-26 season, has grossed $1,233,962,457 up about 8% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 9,117,740 up 3%. All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website . . Must Read Stories 2 Comments Cancel reply Submit a comment Chuck Kind of shoots down the narrative that the producers of “Queen of Versailles” was trying to sell that shows are struggling to draw audiences. ANONYMOUS No, it actually proves it. With the exception of a few shows that consistently sell out, new shows are struggling and attendance is down.

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