Broadway Grosses: Goodbye to Good People and That Championship Season

Despite the Memorial Day holiday weekend, many shows saw a slight dip in ticket sales for the week ending May 30. A few tourist-friendly shows such as Spider-Man, Anything Goes and Mary Poppins did see their numbers climb. Broadway also said farewell to the Tony-nominated play Good People and the starry revival of That Championship Season. Good People played to near sold-out houses at 99% capacity during its final week, while That Championship Season closed out its run at 76% capacity. As usual Wicked and The Lion King held their positions as the highest-grossing shows. Statistics have also been released covering the 2010-2011 Broadway season which earned the distinction of the highest grossing Broadway season on record. With 42 shows opening during the 53 week year, shows saw a 5.9% rise in grosses and 5.4% increase in attendance.

Here's a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 30:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,732,752)
2. The Lion King ($1,652,879)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,323,651)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,168,812)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($1,113,978)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Born Yesterday ($266,711)
4. Ghetto Klown ($253,846)*
3. The People in the Picture ($221,916)
2. The Importance of Being Earnest ($220,592)
1. Arcadia ($203,543)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.44%)
2. Anything Goes (100.06%)
3. The Lion King (100.02%)
5. War Horse (100%)
5. Wicked (100%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Born Yesterday (57.38%)
4. Arcadia (55.57%)
3. The People in the Picture (53.95%)
2. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (51.24%)
1. Million Dollar Quartet (39.55%)

*Number based on six regular performances.

Data provided by the Broadway League.