The Lost Boys
71 reports · 93% success rate (14/15 confirmed) · latest report 2026-08-16
Rush Strategy for The Lost Boys
Rushing The Lost Boys is a demanding early-morning rush that rewards committed early birds. Across 71 community reports, the median reported arrival time is 7:00 AM. Arrive by 7:10 AM for a good chance at tickets. At box office open, reporters have counted a median of about 18 people already in line, so aim to beat that. Reported success rates are high (around 93% of confirmed reports walked away with tickets), which suggests supply has mostly kept up with the line. Fridays have drawn the most reports, so expect heavier competition then; midweek tends to be easier. Rush tickets run $45 at the Palace Theatre. Rush timing: box office open. Heads up: arrival times run earlier on single-show days, when all rush demand lands on one performance. Two-show days tend to be a bit easier than the average here. All figures are community-reported, not official box office policy.
Based on 71 reports
~80% chance based on past winners
Arrival Time Over Time
Green = got ticket, red = didn't, gray = unknown
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Arrival Range by Day
Earliest to latest reported arrival each day · ◆ = median
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8:30 4 at Lost Boys 8:52 10 at Two Strangers (4 at 8:20 am)
About 14 in line at lost boys (9:22 am); 5 in line at 7:40 am
5 in line for the lost boys at 6:20 Edit: 27 inline at 9:40 We were 5th and got ORCH AA 108/110
I was at the The Lost Boys today, got there at 8:10 and I was 10th in line (I think). Multiple people came after me. I got a single orchestra seat (that wasn’t first row) and that isn’t sold as partia
For Lost Boys, I was \~16th at 9:13am. Got a single ticket, ORCH R C2 (seems pretty good tbh)
Was 4th in line for Lost Boys at 6:15 am. Sounds like first person got there a little after 5. Line increased to at least 11 by 7 am, and was up to 30 by doors. We did have one person lie and say th
For The Lost Boys, the first person was here at 4:15am. Second was at 4:50am. I got here at 5:40 and was 5th in line. By 6:30 there were 8 people in line. By this point, based on everyone buying 2
13th in line at 5:35am. Rush ran out before reaching position 13.
Joined line at 6:30, was 20th. 23 people at 6:50.
3rd at 5:45, first 2 at ~5:30. Around 10 at 9:08.
19 in line at 8:20 AM. First person reportedly arrived at 4:30am (from commenter referencing 'last week'). All 16 front row seats accounted for by 6:30am typically.
The Lost Boys had 19 at 8:20 am.
27 in line at 9:12 AM (line count observation from post body).
Joined Lost Boys line at 8:05 AM, was 16th in line.
Lost boys had 15 at 8am, I was first for giant at 8:05. Also at 8:05, Chess had 4 and Outsiders had 3. Proof and BVSC had 0.
Just joined the Lost Boys line at 8:05 am. I am the 16th person in line. Fingers crossed!
The Lost Boys: 27 in line at 9:12
Heard first person was there at 3:30am
First in line at 3:50, 6 by 5:00, 15 at 8:30
Lost Boys: First in line at 3:50 6 in line by 5:00 15 in line at 8:30 Some side orch partial views given in addition to front row! A few front row seats were seemingly already assigned as comp
8 at lost boys at 4:45, allegedly 65-70 by box office open (I didn’t count someone else did and told me)
Arrived 6:15, 6th. First two at ~4am. 18 by box office open.
Lost Boys: I arrived at 6:15 and was sixth in line. First two girls arrived separately around 4:00 am, next group of three arrived around 6:00 am. The next person to arrive after me was 9:50 am. I
The Lost Boys - arrived around 9:00 and already 30 or so in line. Not sure when the first arrived but they've set up camp so probably a while.
18 @ Lost Boys 9:26
Walked past Lost boys - 8 at 7:10am Oh, mary - 12 at 7:15am, 35 when BO opened Joined Chess rush line at 10:10am with about 15 people ahead, box seats left for rush but partial view orch tickets were
The Lost Boys 12 people at 9:27am
First in line at Lost Boys around 3. Easily 20+ before 6:30am.
7am: 25 people, 8am: 30 people, 9am: 40 people
9th in line at 5:55am at Lost Boys. Next person didn’t come for over an hour. Heard that the first person in line got here at 2:30am 😵
Got to lost boys at 9:28 and got two tickets partial view mess. Person behind arrived at 9:45 and also got tickets. 3 in line at Gatsby at 9:08, first at 8
The Lost Boys Arrived at 7:10am and there were already 10 people in line. By 8:25am 17 people Line didn’t grow all that much from there. I got 2 partial view orchestra seats front row (I’ll repor
3 @ lost boys at 4:25, around 6-8 by 6:00, by 10/box office open easily 20+ (I got my tickets and left so I don’t have specifics LOL)
I got to The Lost Boys at 5am was the 6th person in line!
15 people at Lost Boys at 6:45.
the view for lost boys is actually really good in comparison to the balcony tickets you can buy for basically the same price. of course, getting there at 2:30 is insane, but i’d say that the view make
10:36 am 23 for Lost Boys Box office usually opens 3 hours before show/noon. But the show is two hours early today so no one has any clue when they’re opening today.
The Lost Boys: 1st at 6am, I would say around 5 by 9:30. I think closer to 20 by noon
Yes it was so odd! I was the first one at 6am and I was walking to the theater fully expecting for people to be there before me. Especially since I’ve rushed The Lost Boys before, I knew getting to th
10 at lost boys at 4:15am, seems like first were here somewhere around 1-2am EDIT: the first was 10pm not 1am. Also worth noting allegedly some people were sold more than the 2 ticket maximum… seems
First person in 10pm
12th for Lost Boys at 6:05. Nobody else rolled up til 8:00. Got ORCH front row 109 and 107 for evening.
Lost Boys: 5 people at 8:15! My partner is in the line and I’ll update when the booth opens!
Lost boys - 20 by 8am
The Lost Boys - 14 by 8:30, maybe 30 by box office open with most coming in the last hour. Most groups showed up hourly from 2am on.
11 in line at lost boys
Good morning from Lost Boys! I arrived at 5:46 and was 6th in line. First arrival was 3 AM, but the two people before me both came around 5:30. Next group was 6:30ish, following one around 7:30. Cur
10 for lost boys as of 7:50 AM
Lost Boys, 6:45am! About 10 people in line
0 at Operation Mincemeat, Outsiders, and BVSC at 7am 10ish at Lost Boys at 7:05am
14 for lost boys at 8:30
I counted 41 in line at the Lost Boys at 8:54
Lost Boys: 5 @ 5:50 First at 12:30am 8 @ 7:55
10 people in line for Lost Boys at 6:30, about 17 as of 7:45
21 in line at Lost boys at 8:20. First arrived way early, 10-ish at 3am, most afterwards came after 6AM.
Lost boys 9:45 30 in line
There’s like 30 in line at lost boys
Got in line for lost boys around 8:40am, there were like 34 people in front of me but after a few minutes the two people in front of me left. I was able to get two rush tix for the evening show, parti
Lost boys - 11th in line at 7:45am and about 24 in line at 9:45am
Eleventh or so at Lost Boys, arrived around 7am!
Anecdotally, last week there were ~10 people in line by 6 am. Keep an eye out too for any published understudy dates as that may make the rush line busier!
Me? I went on a Thursday during previews and got in line around 8:20.
walked by the lost boys at 9 am, there were \~12 ppl in line
Lost boys 10 in line around 7am. Also passed Oh Mary and there was 10 in line at 8:30am
I got in line for the lost boys at 6:50ish and there were 16 people in front of me.
Arrived at Lost Boys around 7:40am. Around 45-50 people
9th in line at the Lost Boys at 5:15AM. Around 5:30 someone joined closer to the front, and another person joined at 7:30….so now I’m 11th. Line is about 20 people long now at 8:15.
i know someone who started rushing Lost Boys at 12:30am today and they were \~4
| Date | Day | Performance | Arrival | Position | Line at Open | Got Ticket | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | Sat | evening | 8:20 AM | #0 | 4 | ? | 8:30 4 at Lost Boys 8:52 10 at Two Strangers (4 at 8:20 am) |
| 2026-03-31 | Tue | evening | 9:22 AM | #0 | 14 | ? | About 14 in line at lost boys (9:22 am); 5 in line at 7:40 am |
| 2026-04-10 | Fri | evening | 6:20 | #0 | 5 | Yes | 5 in line for the lost boys at 6:20 Edit: 27 inline at 9:40 We were 5th and got ORCH AA 108/110 |
| 2026-04-13 | Mon | evening | 8:10 | #10 | - | Yes | I was at the The Lost Boys today, got there at 8:10 and I was 10th in line (I think). Multiple people came after me. I got a single orchestra seat (that wasn’t first row) and that isn’t sold as partia |
| 2026-04-24 | Fri | evening | 9:13 AM | #16 | - | Yes | For Lost Boys, I was \~16th at 9:13am. Got a single ticket, ORCH R C2 (seems pretty good tbh) |
| 2026-04-24 | Fri | evening | 8:20 AM | #0 | 9 | ? | - |
| 2026-05-01 | Fri | evening | 6:15 AM | #4 | 30 | ? | Was 4th in line for Lost Boys at 6:15 am. Sounds like first person got there a little after 5. Line increased to at least 11 by 7 am, and was up to 30 by doors. We did have one person lie and say th |
| 2026-05-09 | Sat | evening | 8:10 | #0 | 21 | ? | - |
| 2026-05-14 | Thu | evening | 5:40 | #5 | 24 | Yes | For The Lost Boys, the first person was here at 4:15am. Second was at 4:50am. I got here at 5:40 and was 5th in line. By 6:30 there were 8 people in line. By this point, based on everyone buying 2 |
| 2026-05-16 | Sat | matinee | 5:35 AM | #13 | - | No | 13th in line at 5:35am. Rush ran out before reaching position 13. |
| 2026-05-16 | Sat | matinee | 6:30 AM | #20 | 23 | ? | Joined line at 6:30, was 20th. 23 people at 6:50. |
| 2026-05-17 | Sun | matinee | 5:45 AM | #3 | 10 | ? | 3rd at 5:45, first 2 at ~5:30. Around 10 at 9:08. |
| 2026-05-19 | Tue | evening | 8:20 AM | - | 19 | ? | 19 in line at 8:20 AM. First person reportedly arrived at 4:30am (from commenter referencing 'last week'). All 16 front row seats accounted for by 6:30am typically. |
| 2026-05-19 | Tue | evening | 8:20 AM | - | 19 | ? | The Lost Boys had 19 at 8:20 am. |
| 2026-05-20 | Wed | matinee | 9:12 AM | - | 27 | ? | 27 in line at 9:12 AM (line count observation from post body). |
| 2026-05-20 | Wed | matinee | 8:05 AM | #16 | - | ? | Joined Lost Boys line at 8:05 AM, was 16th in line. |
| 2026-05-20 | Wed | matinee | 8:00 AM | #1 | - | ? | Lost boys had 15 at 8am, I was first for giant at 8:05. Also at 8:05, Chess had 4 and Outsiders had 3. Proof and BVSC had 0. |
| 2026-05-20 | Wed | evening | 8:05 AM | #16 | - | ? | Just joined the Lost Boys line at 8:05 am. I am the 16th person in line. Fingers crossed! |
| 2026-05-20 | Wed | matinee | 9:12 AM | - | 27 | ? | The Lost Boys: 27 in line at 9:12 |
| 2026-05-21 | Thu | matinee | 3:30 AM | #1 | - | ? | Heard first person was there at 3:30am |
| 2026-05-22 | Fri | matinee | 3:50 AM | #1 | 15 | ? | First in line at 3:50, 6 by 5:00, 15 at 8:30 |
| 2026-05-22 | Fri | evening | 3:50 | #1 | 6 | Yes | Lost Boys: First in line at 3:50 6 in line by 5:00 15 in line at 8:30 Some side orch partial views given in addition to front row! A few front row seats were seemingly already assigned as comp |
| 2026-05-23 | Sat | evening | 4:45 | - | 70 | ? | 8 at lost boys at 4:45, allegedly 65-70 by box office open (I didn’t count someone else did and told me) |
| 2026-05-23 | Sat | evening | 4:45 AM | #9 | 63 | Yes | - |
| 2026-05-24 | Sun | matinee | 6:15 AM | #6 | 18 | ? | Arrived 6:15, 6th. First two at ~4am. 18 by box office open. |
| 2026-05-24 | Sun | evening | 6:15 | #9 | 18 | ? | Lost Boys: I arrived at 6:15 and was sixth in line. First two girls arrived separately around 4:00 am, next group of three arrived around 6:00 am. The next person to arrive after me was 9:50 am. I |
| 2026-05-27 | Wed | evening | 9:00 | #1 | - | ? | The Lost Boys - arrived around 9:00 and already 30 or so in line. Not sure when the first arrived but they've set up camp so probably a while. |
| 2026-05-28 | Thu | evening | 9:26 | - | 18 | ? | 18 @ Lost Boys 9:26 |
| 2026-05-28 | Thu | evening | 7:10 AM | - | 8 | Yes | Walked past Lost boys - 8 at 7:10am Oh, mary - 12 at 7:15am, 35 when BO opened Joined Chess rush line at 10:10am with about 15 people ahead, box seats left for rush but partial view orch tickets were |
| 2026-05-29 | Fri | evening | 9:27 AM | - | - | ? | The Lost Boys 12 people at 9:27am |
| 2026-05-30 | Sat | evening | 6:30 AM | #1 | - | ? | First in line at Lost Boys around 3. Easily 20+ before 6:30am. |
| 2026-05-30 | Sat | matinee | 6:20 AM | #22 | 50 | Yes | 7am: 25 people, 8am: 30 people, 9am: 40 people |
| 2026-06-02 | Tue | evening | 2:30 AM | #9 | - | ? | 9th in line at 5:55am at Lost Boys. Next person didn’t come for over an hour. Heard that the first person in line got here at 2:30am 😵 |
| 2026-06-04 | Thu | evening | 9:45 | #1 | 3 | Yes | Got to lost boys at 9:28 and got two tickets partial view mess. Person behind arrived at 9:45 and also got tickets. 3 in line at Gatsby at 9:08, first at 8 |
| 2026-06-04 | Thu | evening | 7:10 AM | - | 10 | Yes | The Lost Boys Arrived at 7:10am and there were already 10 people in line. By 8:25am 17 people Line didn’t grow all that much from there. I got 2 partial view orchestra seats front row (I’ll repor |
| 2026-06-05 | Fri | evening | 4:25 | - | 8 | ? | 3 @ lost boys at 4:25, around 6-8 by 6:00, by 10/box office open easily 20+ (I got my tickets and left so I don’t have specifics LOL) |
| 2026-06-05 | Fri | evening | 5:00 AM | #6 | - | ? | I got to The Lost Boys at 5am was the 6th person in line! |
| 2026-06-06 | Sat | evening | 6:45 | - | - | ? | 15 people at Lost Boys at 6:45. |
| 2026-06-06 | Sat | evening | 2:30 | - | - | Yes | the view for lost boys is actually really good in comparison to the balcony tickets you can buy for basically the same price. of course, getting there at 2:30 is insane, but i’d say that the view make |
| 2026-06-07 | Sun | evening | 10:36 AM | - | - | ? | 10:36 am 23 for Lost Boys Box office usually opens 3 hours before show/noon. But the show is two hours early today so no one has any clue when they’re opening today. |
| 2026-06-14 | Sun | evening | 6:00 AM | #1 | 5 | ? | The Lost Boys: 1st at 6am, I would say around 5 by 9:30. I think closer to 20 by noon |
| 2026-06-14 | Sun | evening | 6:00 AM | - | - | ? | Yes it was so odd! I was the first one at 6am and I was walking to the theater fully expecting for people to be there before me. Especially since I’ve rushed The Lost Boys before, I knew getting to th |
| 2026-06-19 | Fri | evening | 4:15 AM | - | 10 | ? | 10 at lost boys at 4:15am, seems like first were here somewhere around 1-2am EDIT: the first was 10pm not 1am. Also worth noting allegedly some people were sold more than the 2 ticket maximum… seems |
| 2026-06-19 | Fri | evening | 4:15 AM | #11 | 30 | Yes | First person in 10pm |
| 2026-06-24 | Wed | evening | 6:05 | - | - | Yes | 12th for Lost Boys at 6:05. Nobody else rolled up til 8:00. Got ORCH front row 109 and 107 for evening. |
| 2026-06-25 | Thu | evening | 8:15 | - | - | ? | Lost Boys: 5 people at 8:15! My partner is in the line and I’ll update when the booth opens! |
| 2026-06-30 | Tue | evening | 8:00 AM | - | 20 | ? | Lost boys - 20 by 8am |
| 2026-07-03 | Fri | evening | 8:30 | - | 30 | ? | The Lost Boys - 14 by 8:30, maybe 30 by box office open with most coming in the last hour. Most groups showed up hourly from 2am on. |
| 2026-07-05 | Sun | evening | - | 11 | ? | 11 in line at lost boys | |
| 2026-07-08 | Wed | evening | 5:46 | #6 | 15 | ? | Good morning from Lost Boys! I arrived at 5:46 and was 6th in line. First arrival was 3 AM, but the two people before me both came around 5:30. Next group was 6:30ish, following one around 7:30. Cur |
| 2026-07-11 | Sat | evening | 7:50 AM | - | - | ? | 10 for lost boys as of 7:50 AM |
| 2026-07-12 | Sun | evening | 6:45 AM | - | 10 | ? | Lost Boys, 6:45am! About 10 people in line |
| 2026-07-21 | Tue | evening | 7:00 AM | - | - | ? | 0 at Operation Mincemeat, Outsiders, and BVSC at 7am 10ish at Lost Boys at 7:05am |
| 2026-07-21 | Tue | evening | 8:30 | - | - | ? | 14 for lost boys at 8:30 |
| 2026-07-22 | Wed | evening | 8:54 | - | 41 | ? | I counted 41 in line at the Lost Boys at 8:54 |
| 2026-07-23 | Thu | evening | 12:30 AM | #1 | - | ? | Lost Boys: 5 @ 5:50 First at 12:30am 8 @ 7:55 |
| 2026-07-25 | Sat | evening | 6:30 | - | 10 | ? | 10 people in line for Lost Boys at 6:30, about 17 as of 7:45 |
| 2026-07-31 | Fri | evening | 8:20 | #1 | 21 | ? | 21 in line at Lost boys at 8:20. First arrived way early, 10-ish at 3am, most afterwards came after 6AM. |
| 2026-08-04 | Tue | evening | 9:45 | - | 30 | ? | Lost boys 9:45 30 in line |
| 2026-08-05 | Wed | evening | - | 30 | ? | There’s like 30 in line at lost boys | |
| 2026-08-05 | Wed | evening | 8:40 AM | - | - | Yes | Got in line for lost boys around 8:40am, there were like 34 people in front of me but after a few minutes the two people in front of me left. I was able to get two rush tix for the evening show, parti |
| 2026-08-06 | Thu | evening | 7:45 AM | #11 | 24 | ? | Lost boys - 11th in line at 7:45am and about 24 in line at 9:45am |
| 2026-08-07 | Fri | evening | 7:00 AM | - | - | ? | Eleventh or so at Lost Boys, arrived around 7am! |
| 2026-08-08 | Sat | evening | 6:00 AM | - | 10 | ? | Anecdotally, last week there were ~10 people in line by 6 am. Keep an eye out too for any published understudy dates as that may make the rush line busier! |
| 2026-08-08 | Sat | evening | 8:20 | - | - | ? | Me? I went on a Thursday during previews and got in line around 8:20. |
| 2026-08-09 | Sun | evening | 9:00 AM | - | - | ? | walked by the lost boys at 9 am, there were \~12 ppl in line |
| 2026-08-11 | Tue | evening | 7:00 AM | #10 | 10 | ? | Lost boys 10 in line around 7am. Also passed Oh Mary and there was 10 in line at 8:30am |
| 2026-08-11 | Tue | evening | 6:50 | - | - | ? | I got in line for the lost boys at 6:50ish and there were 16 people in front of me. |
| 2026-08-12 | Wed | evening | 7:40 AM | - | - | ? | Arrived at Lost Boys around 7:40am. Around 45-50 people |
| 2026-08-14 | Fri | evening | 5:15 AM | #9 | - | ? | 9th in line at the Lost Boys at 5:15AM. Around 5:30 someone joined closer to the front, and another person joined at 7:30….so now I’m 11th. Line is about 20 people long now at 8:15. |
| 2026-08-16 | Sun | evening | 12:30 AM | - | - | ? | i know someone who started rushing Lost Boys at 12:30am today and they were \~4 |
All data is community-reported and may not reflect actual conditions.