Broadway Grosses: On the Twentieth Century's Kristin Chenoweth & Peter Gallagher Play to Packed Houses

The Kristin Chenoweth-led On the Twentieth Century celebrated its official opening on March 15 and Peter Gallagher’s recovery, along with an influx of members of the press, helped the revival to the highest capacity on the Main Stem this week. With many of the tuner's reviews as impressive as co-star Andy Karl’s arm curls, the show should see an uptick in grosses as it continues its run. The underdogs by gross can mostly be explained by the plethora of productions beginning previews, including Finding Neverland. With audiences curious to discover what all the buzz circling around the Harvey Weinstein-produced tuner has been about, the musical's one performance this week was at 102.10% capacity. Meanwhile, The Lion King led the perennial frontrunners by gross and Larry David’s Fish in the Dark broke its own previous house record at the Cort Theatre, bringing in the fifth highest box office on the Great White Way.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending March 15:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1.The Lion King ($1,824,627)
2. Wicked ($1,818,766)
3.The Book of Mormon ($1,540,949)
4. Aladdin ($1,320,262)
5. Fish in the Dark ($1,223,970)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5.The Heidi Chronicles ($321,977)****
4. An American in Paris ($317,918)*****
3. Skylight ($253,369)******
2. Finding Neverland ($159,823)*
1. Hand to God ($36,122)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. On the Twentieth Century (102.77%)**
2. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
3. Finding Neverland (102.10)*
4 . Fish in the Dark (101.58%)
5. The Audience (101.44) ***

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Mamma Mia! (78.16%)
5. The Heidi Chronicles (73.61%)****
3. It's Only a Play (67.82%)
2. Honeymoon in Vegas (59.93%)
1. On the Town (54.02%)

*Number based on one preview performance
** Number based on seven preview performances and one regular performance
*** Number based on seven regular performances
****Number based on eight preview performances
*****Number based on two preview performances
****** Number based on three preview performances

Source: The Broadway League