Broadway Grosses: Spider-Man and Other Summer Hits Remain Hot

As the summer season enters its final month, Broadway grosses remained steady, with the order of the frontrunners in both lists remaining the same as in the previous several weeks. The top five musicals all remained comfortably above $1 million, and six shows did capacity business. Although Follies showed up on the underdog list, don't be fooled: Its number represents a single preview, and that show played to almost 97% of capacity at the Marquis Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending August 7:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,887,489)
2. The Lion King ($1,851,542)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,738,322)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,278,787)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($1,254,128)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Hair ($369,876)
4. Baby It’s You! ($337,826)
3. Master Class ($318,459)
2. Jerusalem ($316,967)
1. Follies ($131,604)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.43%)
2. Anything Goes (100.73%)
3. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (100.63%)
4. The Lion King (100.07%)
5. War Horse (100% - tie)
5. Wicked (100% - tie)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Memphis (72.33%)
4. Baby It’s You! (71.22%)
3. Jerusalem (67.68%)
2. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (58.40%)
1. Hair (50.59%)

*Number based on one preview.
Data provided by the Broadway League.