Broadway Grosses: Great White Way Takes on New Meaning After Snowstorm

Oh, the weather outside was frightful, and the grosses at most Broadway shows were less than delightful. With the one-two punch of a weekend snowstorm and the Olympics, Broadway felt a winter pinch in the final week of February. Two shows bucked the trend: The return of Catherine Zeta-Jones gave A Little Night Music a bump of more than $325,000 from the previous week. And audiences eager to see Liev & Scarlett in A View from the Bridge placed the show in both frontrunners’ lists. Joining the spring roster: odd couple Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna, who gave their first seven previews of All About Me at Henry Miller's Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending February 28:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,353,808)
2. The Lion King ($1,012,545)
3. Jersey Boys ($986,266)
4. Billy Elliot ($940,033)
5. A View From the Bridge ($899,916)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Present Laughter ($267,148)
4. All About Me ($265,727)*
3. The Miracle Worker ($164,830)
2. Looped ($139,174)**
1. Next Fall ($99,307)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. A View From the Bridge (98.46%)
2. Wicked (97.87%)
3. Time Stands Still (94.35%)
4. Jersey Boys (93.04%)
5. A Little Night Music (91.02%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. God of Carnage (59.16%)
4. Hair (58.70%)
3. chicago (53.96%)
2. South Pacific (51.80%)
1. Looped (47.75%)**

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