Broadway Grosses: Fun Home & More Tony-Nominated Tuners Draw Crowds Before the Big Night

With one week until the Tony Awards, audiences are clamoring to catch Broadway’s latest offerings before some shows win big—and before tickets become elusive. While many productions saw a drop in grosses from the previous week (though no cause for concern; it was a holiday weekend), some shows continued to climb the boards. Fun Home, which received 12 Tony nominations, celebrated its highest gross to date at $628,970 and led the pack by capacity for the second consecutive week. Something Rotten! and The King and I, up for Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical, respectively, also brought in their highest grosses this past week. We’ll soon find out which shows will benefit most from Broadway's biggest night.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending May 30:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1.The Lion King ($2,026,910)
2. Wicked ($1,670,922)
3. Aladdin ($1,469,138)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,417,312)
5. An American in Paris ($1,339,416)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Hand to God ($406,784)
4. Hedwig and the Angry Inch ($390,177)*
3. It Shoulda Been You ($272,693)
2. Airline Highway ($160,888)
1. The Visit ($149,023)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Fun Home (102.76%)
2. The Book of Mormon (102.45%)
3. Fish in the Dark (101.56%)
4. Aladdin (100.03%)
5. The King and I (100.00%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (61.09%)*
4. Gigi (54.31%)
3. It Shoulda Been You (54.26%)
2. The Visit (49.45%)
1. Wolf Hall Parts One & Two (49.13%)

* Number based on seven regular performances

Source: The Broadway League