Broadway Box Office: Robert Downey Jr’s ‘McNeal’ Hits $1M, ‘Oh, Mary’ Breaks Record | CPT PPP Coverage

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Oh Mary! broke the box office record at the Lyceum Theatre for the sixth time last week, with a gross of $1.16 million. 

The show, written by and starring Cole Escola as a reimagined Mary Todd Lincoln, has played to 100 percent capacity almost every week of its run, which began at the end of June. The play also had the highest average paid admission in the industry last week, with an average ticket price of $162.25, edging out shows such as Hamilton, best musical winner The Outsiders and the new play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr. 

McNeal, which is still in previews at the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, stands out among the crop of new shows coming this fall, having pulled in a strong $1.2 million across seven performances last week (the theater has a larger seating capacity than Oh Mary!). The play, which depicts Downey as an author obsessed with artificial intelligence, is set to open on Sept. 30. 

The revival of Our Town, starring Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes and Zoey Deutch, began previews at the Barrymore Theatre Sept. 17, pulling in just under $600,000 across its first seven preview performances and playing to a capacity of 85 percent. The play is set to open Oct. 10. 

Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, a West End transfer which began previews at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sept. 11, brought in $535,527 across its first week of eight performances and played to 75 percent capacity. The play is set to open Sept. 29. 

The top five grossing shows continued to be populated by The Lion King, Wicked and Hamilton, with The Outsiders and Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen taking the fourth and fifth slots. 

Cabaret, which has been within the top five in the industry in prior weeks, saw Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho take over the lead roles on Sept. 16 from Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin. The show brought in just over $1 million last week, but it also gave out comped press tickets.