Broadway Grosses: NYC Visitors Fuel Healthy Box Office

The summer box office numbers on Broadway have settled into a comfortable groove, with family-friendly fare leading the way (check out Wicked’s white-hot total of $1.72 million) and newcomers The Addams Family and Promises, Promises hanging on to frontrunner status alongside Disney’s perennial powerhouse The Lion King and a resurgent Mary Poppins.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending August 1:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,720,540)
2. The Lion King ($1,643,193)
3. The Addams Family ($1,227,340)
4. Mary Poppins ($1,193,680)
5. Promises, Promises ($1,162,007)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Million Dollar Quartet ($438,233)
4. A Little Night Music ($430,467)
3. Lend Me a Tenor ($401,974)
2. Next to Normal ($285,890)
1. Race ($232,129)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Lion King (100.03%)
2. Wicked (100%)
3. Billy Elliot (98.84%)
4. Mary Poppins (97.33%)
5. Jersey Boys (94.88%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. American Idiot (75.97%)
4. Lend Me a Tenor (73.67%)
3. Million Dollar Quartet (55.59%)
2. Come Fly Away (47.91%)
1. Race (42.72%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.