Broadway Grosses: Beautiful Celebrates One Fine Valentine’s Day; Hamilton Tops Presidents Day Weekend

They haven’t lost that lovin’ feeling quite yet. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical finished Valentine’s Day Week with a noteworthy $920,024, making it one of 17 shows to increase its total gross by over $100,000 since the previous week. The Book of Mormon once again took the top spot by capacity, because nothing says "romance" like spooky Mormon hell dreams. It took the fifth spot on the boards by gross, joining Aladdin, Wicked, The Lion King and Hamilton, which topped the list over Presidents Day Weekend (if Alexander Hamilton was never president, is this irony? Thoughts, Alanis?). There simply aren’t enough tickets for Hamilton’s televised Grammy win to affect the numbers immediately, but expect the megahit to remain at the top all the longer. 

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending February 14:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Hamilton ($1,792,099)
2. The Lion King ($1,717,043)
3. Wicked ($1,695,453)
4. Aladdin ($1,493,306)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,472,569)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Noises Off ($432,543)
4. Disaster! ($364,575)*
3. Hughie ($330,298)**
2. The Humans ($224,521)*
1. Our Mother's Brief Affair ($187,877)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (101.78%)
2. Hamilton (101.73%)
3. Aladdin (99.96%)
4. The Lion King (99.92%)
5. Wicked (97.26%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. An American in Paris (68.66%)
4. Disaster! (68.23%)*
3. Our Mother's Brief Affair (66.35%)
2. Jersey Boys (65.64%)
1. Finding Neverland (65.47%)***

* Number based on eight preview performances
** Number based on seven preview performances
***Number based on nine regular performances

Source: The Broadway League