Hadestown: The Musical's second weekend in cinemas starts tomorrow, and the arithmetic has changed since the opening: the planned five-day run is now an indefinite extension, with showtimes still listed Thursday. [1][2]

That converts the frame the paper's July 29 account of the $10.2 million record taken by one percent set out. The pro-shot took the Broadway-capture opening record by 1% over Hamilton — on 124 more screens, an asterisk of arithmetic — but Hamilton's cumulative gross still sits ahead. With no closing date, the cumulative chase is no longer bounded by the engagement's calendar. It is a scheduling question, not a demand one. [1]

The second-weekend hold is the next record that matters. A typical tentpole drops by half in its second frame; a fan-driven capture may not, and the screens-adjusted skeptics tracking weekday holds will read any soft drop as confirmation of the asterisk. Whether Bleecker Street publishes a cumulative milestone against Hamilton's total, and when, is now a marketing decision as much as a box-office fact. [1]

No weekday gross has been published for July 30. The extension is live, the record is disputed, and Hamilton's total is still the number ahead.

-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles