Broadway Grosses: Big Fish Reels In a Huge Audience; The Book of Mormon Reclaims the Crown

For the first time since March, The Book of Mormon rose to the top in both grosses and capacity, besting fellow perennials The Lion King and Wicked to become the highest earner and seat-filler for the week. While we’re on the subject of filling seats, give a big tip of the hat to the brand new musical Big Fish, which began previews on Broadway this week and managed to fill over 100% house capacity with just four preview performances. Norbert Leo Butz, good job reeling in that giant audience!

Check out who else made it to the top—and who didn’t—for the week ending September 8:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Book of Mormon ($1,692,289)
2. The Lion King ($1,680,327)
3. Kinky Boots ($1,507,607)
4. Wicked ($1,373,885)
5. Motown The Musical ($1,277,120)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rock of Ages ($358,542)
4. First Date ($349,853)
3. The Glass Menagerie ($318,952)*
2. Forever Tango ($190,462)
1. Soul Doctor ($110,717)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Big Fish (100.95%)**
3. The Lion King (99.41%)
4. Kinky Boots (98.42%)
5. Wicked (92.17%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. First Date (70.22%)
4. Romeo and Juliet (67.44%)***
3. Soul Doctor (62.59%)
2. Cinderella (61.14%)
1. Forever Tango (52.21%)

* Number based on 6 performances
** Number based on 4 performances
*** Number based on 7 performances

Data provided by the Broadway League