Broadway Grosses: Evita Crosses Million Dollar Mark in First Week

With spring break tourists beginning to fill New York, many shows saw their numbers jump during a week that welcomed three new productions to Broadway. Despite a flood at the theater that canceled two performances, Broadway's first-ever revival of Evita got off to a stellar start by banking over $1 million in its first week, and nearly selling out the Marquis Theatre. Welcome back, Eva! Disney's Newsies also had a great first week by completely selling out its first six shows at the Nedelander Theatre, taking in $735,991. Ghost also started haunting audiences at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and played to 85.48% capacity. Meanwhile the Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of Wit, starring Cynthia Nixon, played its final performance.

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

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,942,288)
2. The Lion King ($1,7,60,703)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,578,215)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,494,024)
5. Evita ($1,167,685)*

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Ghost ($381,746)**
4. Other Desert Cities ($375,534)
3. Godspell ($311,170)
2. Venus in Fur ($263,685)***
1. Wit ($158,537)***

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Newsies (100.00%)*
2. Wicked (100.00%)
3. Death of a Salesman (99.92%)****
4. Evita (98.91%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Mamma Mia! (72.73%)
4. Sister Act (65.59%)
3. Venus in Fur (63.78%)***
2. Porgy and Bess (57.18%)
1. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (53.29%)

*Number based on six preview performances
**Number based on four preview performances
***Number based on seven regular performances
****Number based on three preview performances and four regular performances
Data Provided by the Broadway League.