Broadway Grosses: The Lion King Continues to Rule on Broadway

Frequent box office victors The Lion King, Wicked and Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark remained among the top selling shows this week, while Hugh Jackman broke the house record at the Broadhurst Theatre for the sixth time since beginning the run of his solo show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway. Venus in Fur, which recently announced it will transfer to the larger Lyceum Theatre in February, edged its way into the frontrunners for capacity, playing to 99.85% capacity at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 11:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,791,917)
2. Wicked ($1,777,817)
3. Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway ($1,545,033)
4. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,505,520)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,371,662)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Private Lives ($327,173)
4. Godspell ($312,836)
3. Stick Fly ($265,552)*
2. Chinglish ($215,968)
1. Lysistrata Jones ($108,138)**

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway (102.14%)
3. The Lion King (100.01%)
4. War Horse (100%)
5. Venus in Fur (99.85%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (59.14%)
4. Relatively Speaking (55.26%)
3. Private Lives (54.52%)
2. Follies (53.83%)
1. Chinglish (39.37%)

*Number based on three preview and five regular performances.
**Number based on eight preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.