Broadway Grosses: Kinky Boots Fans 'Say Yeah!' at the Box Office, Break Record

The Tony-winning production of Kinky Boots is not your father’s musical! This past week it grossed $1,912,568 breaking the all-time house record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Despite a somewhat controversial appearance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Broadway fans kept calm and got kinky, making a splash for Harvey and Cyndi at the box office. How did everyone else fare during the Thanksgiving holiday? Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark pulled in a full house, notwithstanding its recently announced closing, and family friendly The Lion King raked in the dough as it set the record for fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.

Here’s a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 1:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($2,625,327)
2. The Lion King ($2,365,402)
3. The Book of Mormon ($2,161,225)
4. Kinky Boots ($1,912,568)
5. Matilda ($1,657,599)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Romeo and Juliet ($329,489)
4. A Night with Janis Joplin ($317,171)
3. The Winslow Boy ($284,831)
2. Macbeth ($276,033)
1. The Snow Geese ($150,473) 

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark (101.33%)
3. Matilda (100.77%)
4. Pippin (100.68%)
5. Kinky Boots (100.64%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. The Snow Geese (68.19%)
4. Macbeth (58.32%)
3. A Night With Janis Joplin (55.32%)
2. First Date (54.65%)
1. Romeo and Juliet (37.94%)