Death Becomes Her, the new musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy fantasy film, worked up some Broadway magic in its second week since beginning performances at the Lunt-Fontanne, grossing an impressive $1,073,018 for seven previews and filling 98% of the venue’s seats.
The musical, starring Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams, was by far the most popular among the slate of previewing productions, with other newcomers mostly falling short of the 80%-of-capacity mark:
- A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical was at 75% at Studio 54, grossing $516,874;
- Maybe Happy Ending starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen filled 78% of seats at the Belasco, grossing $294,871;
- Tammy Faye, the Elton John-Jake Shears musical, played six previews at the Palace, filling just 64% of seats and grossing $319,918;
- Swept Away, the musical with a score by the Avett Brothers, began previews at the Longacre, grossing $357,470 for five previews, with attendance at 82% of capacity.
Some other notable figures:
- Romeo + Juliet, which opened at Circle in the Square on October 24, pulled in $1,016,266 for its first full, post-opening week with SRO attendance at 102% of capacity;
- Sunset Blvd. grossed $1,723,064, up nearly $60,000 over the previous week as the average ticket climbed to about $142 from $133; attendance was 95% of capacity at the St. James, compared to 97% the previous week;
- The Outsiders was another SRO, at about 101% of capacity at the Jacobs, with a gross of $1,331,594;
Other sells outs were McNeal and Oh, Mary!, with Wicked just shy of 100% and, dollar-wise, leading the roster yet again with a big $2,279,448 take.
In all, Broadway’s 36 productions grossed $32,939,767 for the week ending November 3, about a 3% drop from the previous week, with total attendance of 285,801 holding steady.
Season to date, Broadway, in the 24th week of the 2024-25 season, has grossed $751,471,960, up about 11% over last year at this time, with total attendance of 6,116,620, up about 10%.
All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For complete box office listings, visit the League’s website.