Broadway Grosses: King Charles III's Successful Broadway Coronation Delivers a Box Office Boost

While most shows faced a slump over Halloween, the Great White Way picked itself back up this past week as almost every production celebrated a box office increase, many by more than $100,000. King Charles III, which opened to glowing reviews on November 1, made over $200,000 more than it did in the previous week. Additional shows to receive significant bumps include perennial hits Matilda, Kinky Boots and Wicked. Hamilton, which added an additional performance on November 2 for a Democratic Party fundraiser, topped the charts. Meanwhile, new Hand to God star Bob Saget increased the show’s capacity by almost 20% in his first week of performances, though the play still held the bottom spot by both capacity and gross. It is scheduled to close on January 3, 2016.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending November 8:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Hamilton ($1,772,253)*
2. The Lion King ($1,764,832)
3. Wicked ($1,583,873)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,500,520)
5. Aladdin ($1,486,244)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Sylvia ($387,731)
4. Fool For Love ($276,741)
3. Dames at Sea ($258,915)
2. Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games ($231,662)***
1. Hand to God ($210,937)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.58%)
2. Hamilton (101.35%)*
3. The Lion King (99.75%)
4. China Doll (99.36%)**
5. Aladdin (99.02%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Les Miserables (68.36%)
4. Spring Awakening (66.23%)
3. Sylvia (64.02%)
2. Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games (58.47%)***
1. Hand to God (55.94%)

* Number based on nine regular performances
** Number based on six preview performances
***Number based on four preview performances

Source: The Broadway League