Broadway Grosses: Tony-Nommed Shows on the Upswing

In the week leading up to the 2010 Tony Awards, the nominated musicals got a welcome box office boost. Although Memphis and Fela! didn’t make the frontrunners’ list, both shows posted six-figure gains from the previous week, and American Idiot also jumped almost $90,000 from the week before. Seven shows topped $1 million, including new hits The Addams Family, Promises, Promises and Fences, which set yet another box office record at the Cort Theatre with a total of $1,057,269. Meanwhile, Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson played their final performance in Collected Stories at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending June 6:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,614,485)
2. The Lion King ($1,495,996)
3. The Addams Family ($1,390,229)
4. Billy Elliot ($1,139,456)
5. Promises, Promises ($1,104,126)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Race ($358,328)
4. Next to Normal ($309,536)
3. Everyday Rapture ($219,975)
2. Next Fall ($157,552)
1. Collected Stories ($117,408)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Fences (101.52%)
2. The Addams Family (100.12%)
3. A Little Night Music (100.09%)
4. The Lion King (100.01%)
5. Wicked (100%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Hair (62.64%)
4. Lend Me a Tenor (62.07%)
3. Million Dollar Quartet (61.60%)
2. Next Fall (60.12%)
1. Race (59.10%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.