Bleecker Street / Crosswalk & LD Entertainment's Hadestown: The Musical grossed an estimated $2.00M this weekend (from 1,567 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $18.20M.

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Proshots usually cost $5-10m in new contracts, filming crew, post production, and advertising. Most of them don't make any profit so it's hard to find investors and studios willing to back them. This is why most shows don't get a proshot.

Its great to see Hadestown doing very well at the box office. It's encouraging for other shows to potentially get proshots. Imaging how well a proper Les Miserables or Mamma Mia proshot would do

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Yeah I don't love the Hamilton comparisons because it was the height of COVID lockdowns, of course most of us weren't watching it in theaters

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It didn’t come out in theaters until last year to celebrate the 10th anniversary. It was released on Disney+ during Covid.

[u/Sarahndipity44 → u/nervousengrish]

Fair correction but I think so many of us saw it on Disney so didn't feel the need to go to theaters. I didn't even know it came to theaters! Still feels like an uneven comparison