Broadway Grosses: Aladdin & Les Miz Immediately Fly High on Broadway

Aladdin and Les Miz both began previews on Broadway this week and turns out everyone wanted to see a carpet fly and how Ramin Karimloo would do on his Main Stem debut—both shows played to 100% capacity. Meanwhile Rebecca Hall made her final Main Stem bow in Machinal over at the American Airlines Theatre, as did those Bronx Bombers, who have been underdogs since opening on February 6 and have now made way for Audra. And after a few weeks away from the top spot, The Book of Mormon was back as the highest grossing show on the Great White Way.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending March 2:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1.The Book of Mormon ($1,549,715)
2. Wicked ($1,539,830)
3. The Lion King ($1,474,205)
4. Kinky Boots ($1,215,435)
5. Motown The Musical ($1,036,817)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Machinal ($300,119)
4. Rock of Ages ($299,584)
3. Mothers and Sons ($211,660)*
2. Les Miserables ($180,871)**
1. Bronx Bombers ($169,730)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1.The Book of Mormon (102.40%)
= 3. Les Miserables (100.00%) **
= 3. Aladdin (100.00%) ***
4. The Lion King (98.93%)
5. Wicked (98.79%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Once (66.12%)
4. Chicago (65.28%)
3. Mothers and Sons (64.09%) *
2. Jersey Boys (61.92%)
1. All The Way (61.79) ****

* Number based on 8 preview performances
** Number based on 1 preview performance
*** Number based on 3 preview performances
**** Number based on 8 preview performances