Broadway Grosses: Box Office Cools Slightly

Broadway’s box offices cooled a bit from the previous couple of weeks, though 10 of 21 shows still managed to top $1 million in grosses. (Continuing to climb: The Little Mermaid, which has only two weeks left at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.) With the August 16 closing of Mary Stuart, only one play, The 39 Steps, will be running on the Great White Way until Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig begin performances of A Steady Rain on September 10.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending August 16:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,645,488)
2. The Lion King ($1,479,613)
3. Billy Elliot ($1,419,673)
4. West Side Story ($1,259,691)
5. The Little Mermaid ($1,210,097)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. 9 to 5 ($661,572)
4. Next to Normal ($468,436)
3. Avenue Q ($430,303)
2. Mary Stuart ($414,237)
1. The 39 Steps ($254,406)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Jersey Boys (101.27%)
2. The Little Mermaid (100.58%)
3. Hair (100.44%)
4. Billy Elliot (100.02% - tie)
4. The Lion King (100.02% - tie)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. The 39 Steps (83.96%)
4. Shrek the Musical (83.76%)
3. In the Heights (83.46%)
2. Mary Stuart (69.85%)
1. 9 to 5 (68.57%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.