Broadway Grosses: Christmas Comes Early for The Lion King, The Book of Mormon and More

Usual hits The Lion King and Wicked remained on top this week, with The Book of Mormon and Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway continuing to play to Standing Room Only crowds. Two new shows began previews this week: the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Road to Mecca and Porgy and Bess, which played to a healthy 95% capacity for its first two performances. 

Here's a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 18:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,833,881)
2. Wicked ($1,7762,301)
3. Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway ($1,539,604)
4. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,460,570)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,370,920)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Private Lives ($281,303)
4. Stick Fly ($265,962)
3. Chinglish ($184,564)
2. Lysistrata Jones ($123,750)*
1. The Road to Mecca ($80,118)**

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway (101.97%)
3. War Horse (100.00%)
4. Venus in Fur (99.62%)
5. The Lion King (98.98%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Mamma Mia! (55.77%)
4. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (54.20%)
3. Relatively Speaking (52.58%)
2. Private Lives (47.22%)
1. Chinglish (35.09%)

*Number based on two preview and six regular performances
**Number based on five preview performances
Data Provided by the Broadway League