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Broadway Box Office: George Clooney’s ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ Brings In $3.28M
Broadway Box Office: George Clooney’s ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ Brings In $3.28M-April 2024
Apr 24, 2025 8:33 AM

Good Night and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, was the highest grossing show on Broadway again last week, even as its grosses took a slight dip.

After breaking the record for highest weekly gross for a play, Good Night and Good Luck fell $22,558 last week, amid a few comped press performances. The play still brought in an enormous $3.28 million, and played to a more than 100 percent capacity with an average ticket price of $298.83. The play, starring and co-written by George Clooney, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 3. Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, shot back up to $3.1 million last week, after experiencing a slight downturn the prior week due to press performances and an opening night. While the play received mixed to negative reviews, it is still selling well with an average ticket price of $378.73, the highest in the industry, and 100 percent capacity at the Barrymore Theatre.

Netflixs Stranger Things: The First Shadow played its first two Broadway previews last week and brought in a strong $433,725. The show played to 100 percent capacity at the Marquis Theatre, with an average ticket price of $136.05. The play is scheduled to open April 22.

Following Good Night and Good Luck and Othello, the next highest grossing shows in the industry were Wicked, with $2.56 million, The Lion King, with $2.11 million, and Glengarry Glen Ross with $2.10 million.

Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, achieved that gross even with a few comped press performances, in the lead up to its opening night at the Palace Theatre Monday. The David Mamet revival received mixed reviews, with THRs David Rooney saying the play features an ideally cast ensemble firing on all cylinders.

Overall, grosses are up 6 percent from last week, as the industry added three new productions to the boards in the rush of April openings. In addition to Stranger Things, the new shows include Stephen Sondheims Old Friends, a musical revue of Sondheims songs at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and Floyd Collins, a musical starring Lizzy McAlpine and Jeremy Jordan at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

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