Broadway Grosses: Box Office Steady Leading Into Holiday Weekend

In the week leading into the Fourth of July holiday, Broadway's box office results remained steady—or slightly down—from the previous week. As the number of shows continues to shrink (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo closed as scheduled on July 3), a third of those still running pulled in at least $900,000 for the week, with the top three titles, led by Wicked, raking in almost twice that much. Broadway producers were doubtless delighted that the big July 4 fireworks display happened on a Monday, when most shows were dark.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 3:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,835,710)
2. The Lion King ($1,753,577)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,690,103)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,251,015)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($1,132,532)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Baby It’s You! ($387,647)
4. Rock of Ages ($348,529)
3. Ghetto Klown ($289,574)*
2. Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles ($265,645)
1. Master Class ($239,204)**

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.43%)
2. Anything Goes (100.69%)
3. War Horse (100.04%)
4. The Lion King (100.01%)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (99.59%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Jerusalem (74.26%)
4. Sister Act (68.33%)
3. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (66.37%)
2. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (63.32%)
1. Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles (63.24%)

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