Broadway Grosses: Hockadoo! Memphis Hits $1 Million for First Time

Thanks to the Columbus Day holiday weekend, many shows saw a substantial bump from the previous week, with seven shows grossing more than $1 million. Among them: this year's Tony winning Best Musical, Memphis, which (as the show nears its one year anniversary) crossed the million dollar mark for the first time ever, taking in $1,002,902 and just missing the frontrunners' list. This week also marked the start of previews for three highly anticipated shows: the first Broadway mounting of Driving Miss Daisy, the star-studded musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and The Scottsboro Boys, the final collaboration between Broadway legends John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending October 10:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,602,698)
2. The Lion King ($1,544,241)
3. Jersey Boys ($1,166,656)
4. Billy Elliot ($1,131,195)
5. Promises, Promises ($1,116,639)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. The Pitmen Painters ($253,256)
4. Lombardi ($251,920)*
3. Mrs. Warren’s Profession ($246,629)
2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ($225,233)**
1. The Scottsboro Boys ($174,965)***

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Jersey Boys (99.45%)
2. Wicked (99.05%)
3. Billy Elliot (98.58%)
4. The Lion King (97.99%)
5. A Little Night Music (94.82%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. West Side Story (71.46%)
4. In the Heights (67.95%)
2. The Scottsboro Boys*** (65.18%)
2. Brief Encounter (65.18%)
1. American Idiot (55.62%)

*Number based on eight preview performances.
**Number based on four preview performances.
***Number based on six preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.