A filmed capture of the West End production of Hadestown grossed $9.7 million across 1,949 screens in its opening weekend, landing in the top five at the domestic box office — the United States and Canada — for July 24–26, 2026, according to Deadline and confirmed by AP News.

That figure makes Hadestown: The Musical the second-biggest opening for a live-show capture — a concert or stage production filmed for cinema release — since Hamilton debuted on screens in 2020, per Deadline.

Bleecker Street distributed the film under its event-cinema label Crosswalk, in partnership with LD Entertainment. The company said it is expanding the initial five-day run and continuing to add dates and showtimes, citing extraordinary response and demand, per Deadline.

The film was directed by Brett Sullivan and captured from the West End production featuring the original principal cast. Its source material carries serious credentials: the stage musical, written by Anaïs Mitchell and directed by Rachel Chavkin, won eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, per Deadline.

At the top of the chart, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey held the No. 1 spot with $87 million in its second weekend — Nolan's best second weekend to date — per WPTZ and the Hartford Courant.

Several other independent titles filled out the frame. Motor City, a 1970s Detroit-set revenge drama directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Alan Ritchson, grossed $1.6 million at 1,600 theatres via Independent Film Company, placing ninth, per Deadline.

Neon had a pair of openers: Nicolas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell took $530,000 on 675 screens, while Hirokazu Kore-eda's Sheep In The Box is eyeing $33,000 from three screens, per Deadline.

On the specialised side, A Sad And Beautiful World by Cyril Aris, distributed by Watermelon Pictures, debuted to $9,000 at the Quad in New York with limited showings and multiple sellouts. And American Pachuco: The Legend Of Luis Valdez is estimated to gross $32,300 on 13 screens in its second weekend, bringing its cumulative to $41,400, per Deadline.

For audiences who missed the stage production — or want to relive it — the expansion means more screens and showtimes are coming. Bleecker Street has not announced an end date.