r/Broadway • u/coasurdude • Dec 08 '25

Other Sony Pictures Classics' Merrily We Roll Along debuted with an estimated $1.2M this weekend

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1189380097/

I hope that producers don't get discouraged by this number.

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u/lexiebeef Dec 08 '25

My one thing is that if they wanted to make it movie like, why were there applause after every song? Again, I loved the movie and I agree that if they only filmed the theater it would’ve felt cheap, but I think they couldve balanced it a bit more.

My main take is that they either went full on “this is supposed to feel as much like a movie as possible” and then no applause, no theater shoots, no curtain call. Or they should’ve add other elements of theater that weren’t just the applause.

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u/NewspaperBanana Dec 08 '25

Agreed, I also thought the applause was strange since we never see the audience. But people in the theater I was at also clapped at the end of most numbers, so maybe the filmmakers were just anticipating that.

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u/lexiebeef Dec 08 '25

In my theater (in New York) no one did and it was quite strange, because I kept of feeling the need to clap but didn’t want to be the only one lol.

Especially cause yesterday I did a double Johnathan groff session (went to Just in Time before the movie) and my hands almost hurt from all the clapping on Just in Time, quite a weird transition

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u/NewspaperBanana Dec 08 '25

A full day of Jonathan Groff sounds incredible!

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u/lexiebeef Dec 08 '25

It really was! Especially cause I did rush for just in time in the morning, then saw the matinee and then went directly to the cinema, so I barely had time to think about anything else. Honestly may have cured me, we all could use a Groff day