Broadway Grosses: Long Weekend Brings Uptick at Box Office

A mild (for January!) three-day weekend brought higher box office figures to a majority of Broadway shows over the Martin Luther King holiday. In addition to the perennial box office champs, newcomers A Little Night Music and Fela! settled into spots on the frontrunners list for capacity. Finian’s Rainbow ended its run on a high note, rising more than $150,000 from the previous week. (Also bidding Broadway good-bye: Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking.)

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending January 17:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,460,131)
2. The Lion King ($1,287,715)
3. Billy Elliot ($1,222,638)
4. Jersey Boys ($1,124,807)
5. West Side Story ($1,032,176)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. God of Carnage ($482,893)
4. Wishful Drinking ($395,600)*
3. Next to Normal ($394,536)
2. Time Stands Still ($231,917)**
1. Present Laughter ($225,441)**

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. A Little Night Music (100.50%)
2. Jersey Boys (99.24%)
3. Wicked (96.14%)
4. Fela! (95.51%)
5. Billy Elliot (93.81%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. In the Heights (73.54%)
4. Hair (73.26%)
3. Race (72.61%)
2. The Phantom of the Opera (70.47%)
1. Mary Poppins (62.87%)

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