Broadway Grosses: Box Office Strong; Four Plays Say Farewell

Broadway’s box office standings remained virtually unchanged from the previous week, with strength across the board (six musicals pulling in $1 million plus; God of Carnage not far behind at just over $970,000). The number of shows running continued to shrink, however, as Broadway said farewell to the revivals of The Philanthropist and Accent on Youth as well as August: Osage County and Irena’s Vow.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending June 28:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,606,120)
2. Billy Elliot ($1,424,911)
3. West Side Story ($1,382,611)
4. The Lion King ($1,371,436)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,151,195)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. The Norman Conquests ($315,992)
4. Mary Stuart ($313,219)
3. The Philanthropist ($296,284)
2. The 39 Steps ($198,535)
1. Accent on Youth ($163,039)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Waiting for Godot (102.79%)
2. God of Carnage (102.03%)
3. Jersey Boys (101.23%)
4. West Side Story (101.22%)
5. Hair (100.79%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. The 39 Steps (79.97%)
4. Mary Poppins (79.48%)
3. 9 to 5 (77.04%)
2. Blithe Spirit (67.83%)
1. Mary Stuart (55.22%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.