Broadway Grosses: Musical Hits Remain Hot in the Summertime

Broadway box office results changed very little from the previous week, with the same seven musicals topping $1 million and Wicked and The Lion King pulling in $600,000 to $700,000 more than that. (The real news of the summer is the steady climb of Best Musical winner Memphis, which is now grossing more than $900,000 a week.) As South Pacific edges toward its closing date, the return of Kelli O’Hara has pushed the show back onto the frontrunners’ list for capacity. Meanwhile Broadway said farewell to the revival of Lend Me a Tenor after a five-month run at the Music Box Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending August 15:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,733,834)
2. The Lion King ($1,643,356)
3. The Addams Family ($1,155,492)
4. Mary Poppins ($1,146,186)
5. Billy Elliot ($1,108,430)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Fela! ($490,372)
4. Lend Me a Tenor ($435,764)
3. Million Dollar Quartet ($426,908)
2. Next to Normal ($278,266)
1. Race ($230,318)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Lion King (100.04%)
2. Wicked (100%)
3. Billy Elliot (98.46%)
4. South Pacific (96.79%)
5. Jersey Boys (96.09%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. West Side Story (75.27%)
4. American Idiot (72.17%)
3. Come Fly Away (60.51%)
2. Million Dollar Quartet (53.80%)
1. Race (42.30%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.