Broadway Grosses: Elf Sets B.O. Record; Donny & Marie and Spider-Man Top $1 Million

Audiences showed their desire to get into the holiday spirit by snapping up more than $1.46 million in tickets to Elf, setting a record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre while earning the new tuner a spot on both frontrunners’ lists. In a week in which the overall box office results dropped slightly, new entries Donny and Marie: A Broadway Christmas and Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark topped $1 million on truncated schedules of seven performances and six previews, respectively.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 19:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,631,743)
2. The Lion King ($1,571,953)
3. Elf ($1,464,913)
4. Jersey Boys ($1,133,645)
5. Promises, Promises ($1,117,422)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Lombardi ($238,737)
4. La Bete ($232,383)
3. A Free Man of Color ($214,439)
2. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short ($147,620)
1. The Importance of Being Earnest ($71,928)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Merchant of Venice (102.56%)**
2. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (98.92%)***
3. Wicked (97.94%)
4. Elf (96.30%)
5. Jersey Boys (95.71%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Time Stands Still (51.52%)
4. A Free Man of Color (50.97%)
3. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (48.53%)
2. American Idiot (47.36%)
1. La Bete (42.45%)

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