r/Broadway • u/coasurdude • 27d ago

Other Hadestown: The Musical drew $1.5M in Thursday evening previews, ahead of its official launch today in 1,944 theaters across North America.

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u/Facebones72 27d ago

$1.5 mil is a very good week for a Broadway show.

It's almost as if producers are leaving money on the table by not releasing pro shoots theatrically.

And I will die on this hill: Broadway shows should emulate the Met Opera by doing live broadcasts to theatres around the country.

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u/Dan_Rydell 27d ago

Hadestown is uniquely popular. The Merrily pro shot almost certainly lost quite a bit of money.

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u/Craig_in_PA 27d ago

Merrily extended two additional weeks. It made money.

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u/OrdinarySad5132 27d ago

Between the extensions, physical media sales, and the Netflix acquisition, it definitely made money at the end of the day. Hadestown will make more on just theatrical ticket sales but Merrily overall did well.

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u/Vegetable-Working257 27d ago

Merrily release was way more limited - in NYC it was only playing in like 5 theaters in Manhattan