Broadway Grosses: Flourishing Phantom

News By Broadway.com Staff July 19, 2005 - 12:23PM

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The Phantom
of the Opera

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The Phantom of the Opera may be in its 17th year on Broadway, but the crowd-pleasing musical is showing no signs of age. The big-budget spectacular continues to be a huge draw--even through the sticky summer weather. Last week Phantom packed the Majestic Theatre to 99.84% capacity and earned a gross of $814,857.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 17:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,297,582
2. The Lion King $1,205,277
3. Spamalot $994,241
4. Mamma Mia! $944,664
5. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels $851,970

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. The Constant Wife $295,143
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? $217,900*
3. Steel Magnolias $160,040
2. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed $109,212
1. The Blonde in the Thunderbird $71,173**

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Spamalot 101.75%
2. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 101.70%
3. The Lion King 101.03%
4. Mamma Mia! 100.48%
5. Wicked 100%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Fiddler on the Roof 59.42%
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 55.63%*
3. Lennon 51.68%***
2. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed 48.76%
1. Steel Magnolias 40.36%

*Number based on seven regular performances.
**Number based on seven previews one and one regular performance.
***Number based on eight preview performances.

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.

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