Broadway Grosses: Winter Holiday Week Warms Up Box Office

The Presidents’ Day holiday week boosted the box office at the majority of Broadway shows, with five musicals topping the $1 million mark and Wicked drawing a very healthy $1.6 million. (On the other hand, a raw demonstration of star power was on display at A Little Night Music, which dropped more than $400,000 when Catherine Zeta-Jones took a week off.) Meanwhile, three new entries began previews on the Great White Way: A Behanding in Spokane, Looped and Next Fall.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending February 21:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,602,783)
2. The Lion King ($1,454,918)
3. Billy Elliot ($1,190,501)
4. Jersey Boys ($1,145,918)
5. West Side Story ($1,087,016)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Time Stands Still ($329,808)
4. Present Laughter ($296,348)
3. The Miracle Worker ($256,258)*
2. Next Fall ($102,609)**
1. Looped ($122,265)***

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. A View From the Bridge (101.52%)
2. Jersey Boys (100.42%)
3. Wicked (100%)
4. The Lion King (99.68%)
5. Time Stands Still (98.58%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. South Pacific (80.46%)
4. Next Fall (78.07%)**
3. Race (70.42%)
2. God of Carnage (68.46%)
1. Looped (59.77%)***

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