Broadway Grosses: Yes, Your Majesty! The Audience Has Masses Bowing Down to Dame Helen Mirren

Citizens don’t exactly vote on a monarchy, but they have chosen their queen of Broadway. Dame Helen Mirren, who was recently crowned a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner, has theatergoers bowing to her feet at The Audience; the show continues to appear in the top five by capacity (this week at 100.75%) and maintaining a seven-figure weekly gross on a seven performances-a-week schedule. Tony-nominated productions Fun Home, Something Rotten!, An American in Paris and Hand to God also had reason to celebrate with their highest grosses to date. Meanwhile, Rita Wilson made her return to Fish in the Dark, which continues to play to sold out houses.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending May 10:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,701,798)*
2. Wicked ($1,469,322)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,446,131)
4. Aladdin ($1,422,347)
5. An American in Paris ($1,298,817)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. It Shoulda Been You ($409,488)
4. Hand to God ($400,886)
3. The Visit ($208,078)
2. On the Town ($202,745)**
1. Airline Highway ($175,953)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.53%)
2. Fish in the Dark (101.36%)
3. Fun Home (101.34%)
4. The Audience (100.75%)*
5. The King and I (100.00%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Jersey Boys (65.13%)
4. On the Town (59.03%)**
3. Gigi (55.81%)
2. The Visit (54.91%)
1. Wolf Hall Parts One & Two (52.51%)

* Number based on seven regular performances
**Number based on four regular performances

Source: The Broadway League