Broadway’s 2024-2025 season grossed $1.89 billion throughout all productions, marking the very best season on report and a restoration from the pandemic.
The gross totals are up 23 p.c from final season, and, considerably, the numbers additionally are available in above Broadway’s 2018-2019 season, which had held the report for $1.83 billion in gross income and had been the benchmark towards which Broadway was measuring its post-pandemic restoration. Broadway first overtook the 2018-2019 season grosses in early Could.
Within the prior two seasons, Broadway grossed $1.54 billion and $1.58 billion respectively. The 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons had been each shortened because of the pandemic. The 2024-2025 season started Could 20, 2024 and ended Could 25, 2025.
Attendance for the 2024-2025 season got here in at 14.66 million, beneath the 14.77 million from the 2018-2019 season, suggesting that elevated ticket costs performed a component within the larger grosses this previous season. Common ticket costs had been up 3 p.c from final season and up 4 p.c from the 2018-2019 season. Whereas Broadway League president Jason Laks celebrated the grosses achievement, he additionally underlined the pattern.
“As we glance to subsequent season, we should be sober concerning the challenges Broadway faces. We are able to’t be glad with 2019’s definition of success anymore. With rising prices hitting each aspect of manufacturing, it’s turning into more durable and more durable to carry reside theatre to the stage. Exhibits right now have an ever-shorter window to get on their ft. The funding that fuels Broadway is one thing we are able to’t ever take with no consideration,” Laks stated in a press release.
Among the many excessive earners this season, Good Night time, and Good Luck but once more broke its personal report for highest weekly gross for a play on Broadway, bringing in $4.2 million final week and enjoying to greater than 100% capability on the Winter Backyard Theater. The typical ticket value for the play was $337.59. The play is at present scheduled to finish its run June 8.
The following highest earners final week had been Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, with $3.3 million and the very best common ticket value of $398, and Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Invoice Burr, which earned $2.7 million throughout a nine-performance week. Depraved and The Lion King rounded out the highest 5, with $2.3 million and $2 million respectively.
Total, Broadway grosses had been up 7 p.c over the prior week, because the business races towards the June 9 Tony Awards ceremony and as many reveals, together with a number of greatest musical nominees Loss of life Turns into Her (up $229,324) Possibly Glad Ending (up $87,044), Useless Outlaw (up $62,530) and extra noticed boosts of their grosses over the prior week.
Name Me Izzy, a one-woman present starring Jean Sensible, additionally joined the boards final week, enjoying two previews at Studio 54 and enjoying to 94 p.c capability.