Broadway Grosses: Plays Buck Winter's Downward Trend

If you’ve been meaning to catch a Broadway show, now’s the time: Even the biggest hits have some empty seats in February (well, not Liev & Scarlett in A View from the Bridge, which grossed a verrry healthy $802,066 and played to 99.93% of capacity at the often-unloved Cort Theatre). In fact, several long-running musicals find themselves mired among the “underdogs.” Don’t be fooled by Time Stands Still’s appearance on that list, however: MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre is one of the smallest Broadway houses (650 seats), and the play’s grosses jumped more than $80,000 from the previous week, thanks to strong reviews.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending February 7:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,285,902)
2. Billy Elliot ($1,006,956)
3. Jersey Boys ($946,813)
4. The Lion King ($944,733)
5. A Little Night Music ($893,398)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Chicago ($331,071)
4. God of Carnage ($314,563)
3. Time Stands Still ($304,479)
2. Next to Normal ($276,875)
1. Present Laughter ($270,551)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. A View From the Bridge (99.93%)
2. A Little Night Music (96.07%)
3. Time Stands Still (93.52%)
4. Wicked (93.33%)
5. Billy Elliot (89.72%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. South Pacific (58.71%)
4. Hair (58.56%)
3. The Phantom of the Opera (55.64%)
2. Chicago (54.93%)
1. God of Carnage (53.33%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.