Broadway Grosses: Box Office Down Slightly; The Normal Heart Goes Out Strong

Broadway’s box office results were slightly down in the post-July 4 holiday week, though the top musicals held steady at $1 million plus. How to Succeed cancelled three performances to accommodate Daniel Radcliffe’s schedule promoting the final Harry Potter film, and yet the show made the frontrunners’ list for capacity. The Tony-winning revival of The Normal Heart went out strong, filling 99.69% of the seats in its final week. (Also closing well was Ghetto Klown, which drew 91.53% of capacity.)

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 10:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,867,819)
2. The Lion King ($1,849,388)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,705,892)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,265,309)
5. Mary Poppins ($991,131)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Jerusalem ($345,300)
4. Hair ($332,581)
3. Rock of Ages ($323,161)
2. Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles ($239,331)
1. Master Class ($227,056)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.43%)
2. Anything Goes (100.67%)
3. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (100.56%)**
4. The Lion King (100.04%)
3. Wicked (100%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Jerusalem (66.35%)
4. Sister Act (65.69%)
3. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (56.30%)
2. Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (55.27%)
1. Hair (49.81%)

*Number based on two previews and six regular performances.
**Number based on five regular performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.