{"id":6265,"date":"2026-09-02T07:49:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/moulin-rouge-hits-2-3m-in-closing-week\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T07:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:49:03","slug":"moulin-rouge-hits-2-3m-in-closing-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/moulin-rouge-hits-2-3m-in-closing-week\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Moulin Rouge&#8217; Hits $2.3M In Closing Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Moulin Rouge! <\/em>shot up to $2.3 million in its final week on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/broadway\/\" id=\"auto-tag_broadway_1\" data-tag=\"broadway\">Broadway<\/a>, marking the highest gross the musical has seen in several years on Broadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe show played its final performance Aug. 30, played to more than 100 percent capacity, with average paid admission of $223.46, the highest of the industry last week. In its final week, the musical welcomed back Aaron Tveit as a cast member for most of its performances, with other original cast members joining on stage for a number during the final performance.\u00a0This is an impressive tally for the musical, which recently saw<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway-return-1236554878\/\"> Megan Thee Stallion star <\/a>in the show, even though it pales in comparison to the $2.7 million the musical brought in over 9 performances over Christmas week in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThis was the highest grossing musical of the week, followed by<em> Hamilton <\/em>with $2 million, <em>MJ<\/em> with $1.7 million, <em>The Lion King <\/em>with $1.59 million and <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/em>, which recently announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/rupert-grint-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-1236681941\/\">the upcoming addition<\/a> to Rupert Grint to the cast, with $1.57 million\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Paranormal Activity<\/em> opened on Broadway Aug. 25, receiving positive reviews for translating horror to the stage. In its opening week, which included a fully comped opening night, the play brought in $735,747 and played to 99 percent capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAhead of the slow Labor Day period, several shows hovered around 60 percent capacity, including <em>Six: The Musical,<\/em> which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/six-closing-january-2027-end-five-year-broadway-run-1236683037\/\">recently announced<\/a> a Jan. 3 closing, <em>Stranger Things<\/em>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/stranger-things-end-broadway-london-stage-runs-1236617385\/\">is also closing <\/a>in January and <em>Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)<\/em>, which has been seeing low capacity for the past several weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOverall, grosses were up close to 4 percent from the prior week and attendance was up 2 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-datawrapper wp-block-embed-datawrapper\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"The Top Broadway Shows\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-FjDRy\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/FjDRy\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"1191\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moulin Rouge! shot up to $2.3 million in its final week on Broadway, marking the highest gross the musical has seen in several years on Broadway.\u00a0 The show played its final performance Aug. 30, played to more than 100 percent capacity, with average paid admission of $223.46, the highest of the industry last week. 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