Broadway Grosses: Wicked Still the Most ‘Popular’ Musical at the Box Office After 10 Years

With not one, but six plays currently in previews (four of which are running in repertory—No Man’s Land and Waiting For Godot, and Twelfth Night and Richard III), the Great White Way is positively packed with exciting new productions to see. The jazz extravaganza After Midnight opened to a full house, and Wicked proved to be a hot ticket (as usual!) on the week of its 10-year anniversary, surpassing heavy hitters The Lion King and The Book of Mormon in box office receipts.

Read below to find out who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending November 3.

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,736,957)
2. The Lion King ($1,699,647)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,699,199)
4. Kinky Boots ($1,625,209)
5. Motown the Musical ($1,288,507)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Mamma Mia! ($286,371)*
4. First Date ($281,538)
3. The Snow Geese ($258,152)
2. The Winslow Boy ($223,088)
1. A Time to Kill ($215,431)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Kinky Boots (100.44%)
3. Betrayal (100.00%)
4. Wicked (100.33%)
5. After Midnight (98.45%)

** UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Cinderella (62.38%)
4. The Winslow Boy (58.65%)
3. A Time to Kill (55.39%)
2. First Date (54.29%)
1. Romeo and Juliet (45.93%)

* Number based on 4 regular performances
**Number based on 7 previews and 1 regular performance