Broadway Grosses: Kinky Boots Enjoys a Killer Week at the Box Office
Broadway enjoyed a bump at the box office this week with grosses and capacities rising across the board. The Audience Choice Award, Outer Critics and Drama League-winning musical Kinky Boots was the fiercest new musical in town this week, landing in the top five for both gross and capacity. Meanwhile, the Drama Desk-winning revival of Pippin broke another house record at the Music Box Theatre, where the musical continues to perform to sold-out crowds. This week, Broadway said goodbye to Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge as Orphans played its final performance.
Here's a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 19:
FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,887,665)
2. Wicked ($1,748,141)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,701,989)
4. Lucky Guy ($1,387,476)
5. Kinky Boots ($1,269,683)
UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rock of Ages (450,030)
4. Macbeth ($444,348)
3. The Assembled Parties ($354,725)
2. Ann ($247,041)
1. The Big Knife ($229,239)
FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Lucky Guy (102.44%)
3. I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers (102.21%)
4. Kinky Boots (100.91%)
5. Pippin (100.82%)
UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark (78.35%)
4. Nice Work If You Can Get It (77.96%)
3. The Big Knife (65.34%)
2. The Trip to Bountiful (64.09%)
1. Ann (39.62%)
