Broadway Grosses: No Mystery About It as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Sees Packed Houses

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which began preview performances on September 10, continued its upward climb toward full capacity. In a seven-show week, the play reached 99.14% capacity. As word of mouth continues to spread about the Olivier-winning production, it is expected that Broadway audiences will continue to fill seats at these high numbers. On a lighter note, the revival of You Can't Take It With You opened with a bang to reviews as sweet as candy and we expect to shortly see an uptick in the production's grosses. Meanwhile, five usual suspects took the lead, with The Lion King, The Book of Mormon and Wicked claiming the top three spots by gross.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending September 28:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,754,196)
2. The Book of Mormon ($1,596,473)
3. Wicked ($1,386,090)
4. Aladdin ($1,293,112)
5. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical ($1,278,681)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Once ($355,062)
4. Rock of Ages ($315,948)
3. The Country House ($225,325)*
2. Love Letters ($178,812)
1. Disgraced ($100,824)***

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (100.51%) 
3. It's Only a Play (100.02%)*
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (99.14%)**
5. The Lion King (98.87%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Les Miserables (68.04%)
4. This Is Our Youth (60.56%)
3. Cinderella (60.24%)
2. Once (57.68%)
1. Love Letters (39.33%)

*Number based on eight preview performances
** Number based on seven preview performances
*** Number based on two preview performances

Source: The Broadway League