Broadway Grosses: Halloween Takes a Bite Out of the Box Office

Blame Halloween or the World Series, but with only a handful of exceptions, Broadway box office totals dropped across the board, in some cases more than $100,000 less than the previous week. The fall season had its first casualty, as the revival of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs closed after just a week of performances at the Nederlander Theatre. As the original cast moves toward its final performances, God of Carnage again topped the frontrunners list for capacity.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending November 1:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,489,548)
2. Billy Elliot ($1,357,268)
3. A Steady Rain (1,187,455)
3. The Lion King ($1,136,368)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,112,351)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Burn the Floor ($199,039)
4. Oleanna ($192,932)
3. The 39 Steps ($138,621)
2. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play ($120,650)*
1. The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs ($119,561)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. God of Carnage (101.66%)
2. A Steady Rain (101.16%)
3. Jersey Boys (100.08%)
4. Billy Elliot (99.06%)
5. Wicked (98.83%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. The 39 Steps (55.54%)
4. Oleanna (52.92%)
3. Burn the Floor (50.57%)
2. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (45.23%)*
1. The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs (44.46%)

*Number based on eight preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.