Broadway Grosses: Box Office Records Fall in Post-Tonys Rush

The power of the Tony Awards was on full display in the post-telecast box office results. Both winning plays, Red and Fences, set box office records at their respective theaters, as did winning musical revival La Cage aux Folles. Though Red’s $666,655 at the 804-seat Golden Theatre wasn’t enough to put it in the top five, the 2010 Best Play has recouped its $2.25 million investment and shared space on the frontrunners’ list for capacity with Best Revival Fences and A Little Night Music. (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury ended their run on June 20; the show will reopen next month after a hiatus with Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch.) Memphis and Million Dollar Quartet both enjoyed six-figure jumps from the previous week, and Promises, Promises topped $1.2 million.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending June 20:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,620,876)
2. The Lion King ($1,527,708)
3. The Addams Family ($1,339,693)
4. Promises, Promises ($1,237,426)
5. Fences ($1,135,974)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Sondheim on Sondheim ($304,728)
4. Next to Normal ($282,213)
3. Race ($253,436)
2. Everyday Rapture ($213,249)
1. Next Fall ($154,207)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Fences (101.60%)
2. The Lion King (100.01%)
3. Wicked (100%)
4. Red (98.91%)
5. A Little Night Music (97.77%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Chicago (64.39%)
4. Next Fall (59.17%)
3. Lend Me a Tenor (58.02%)
3. Come Fly Away (52.27%)
1. Race (47.55%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.