Broadway Grosses: A Little Night Music Hits a High Note

It’s always nice to welcome a new Broadway hit, and A Little Night Music is poised to become exactly that. In the week after opening, the musical revival, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, jumped more than $150,000 from the week before, just missing the frontrunners list (with $938,459 in grosses) and topping the list for capacity. Otherwise, it was business as usual, though the overall numbers were slightly lower from the previous week. (Last-minute sales undoubtedly took a hit from the snowstorm that began on December 19 and continued through the night.)

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 20:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,604,791)
2. The Lion King ($1,489,984)
3. Billy Elliot ($1,314,722)
4. Jersey Boys ($1,159,833)
5. White Christmas (1,107,916)*

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Burn the Floor ($299,534)
4. Wishful Drinking ($286,530)
3. Superior Donuts ($210,268)
2. The 39 Steps ($175,546)
1. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play ($175,078)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. A Little Night Music (100.62%)
2. Jersey Boys (100%)
3. Wicked (98.75%)
4. The Lion King (96.12%)
5. Billy Elliot (94.38%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Memphis (58.66%)
4. Finian’s Rainbow (58.31%)
3. The 39 Steps (57.26%)
2. Superior Donuts (50.78%)
1. In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (48.12%)

*Number based on nine regular performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.