Broadway Grosses: Box Offices Get Back Some Summer Sizzle

After a disappointing holiday weekend, Broadway experienced a welcome rebound, with six shows grossing more than $1 million and five others topping $900,000, including a resurgent The Little Mermaid, which jumped more than $120,000 to $931,435 after announcing that the show must close on August 30. For the first time in recent memory, the top two spots in the frontrunner list according to capacity went to star-studded plays: Waiting for Godot (starring Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin), which ended its limited run at Studio 54 on July 12, and the smash hit God of Carnage.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 12:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,616,649)
2. Billy Elliot ($1,435,728)
3. The Lion King ($1,428,246)
4. West Side Story ($1,337,970)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,151,026)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Next to Normal ($431,704)
4. Avenue Q ($336,986)
3. The Norman Conquests ($319,113)
2. Mary Stuart ($302,648)
1. The 39 Steps ($190,429)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Waiting for Godot (103.06%)
2. God of Carnage (102.25%)
3. Jersey Boys (101.20%)
4. Hair (100.85%)
5. Wicked (99.81%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Avenue Q (76.05%)
4. 9 to 5 (74%)
3. The 39 Steps (70.80%)
2. Blithe Spirit (68.69%)
1. Mary Stuart (59.34%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.