Broadway Grosses: The Lion King Reigns Supreme on Broadway; The Book of Mormon Closes In on Second

Last week, The Book of Mormon bumped ahead of the competition in grosses. This week, The Lion King pounced its way back to the top of the pack. Of course, the Mormon boys are still packing the houses past 100% capacity, followed closely behind by the drag queens at Kinky Boots, those flying monkeys over at Wicked and the R&B kings and queens at Motown The Musical. It was a healthy week for Broadway all around!

Find out who flew to the top—and who didn’t—for the week ending September 15:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,697,637)
2. The Book of Mormon ($1,691,518)
3. Kinky Boots ($1,529,670)
4. Wicked ($1,452,909)
5. Motown The Musical ($1,241,903)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Newsies ($454,268)*
4. Rock of Ages ($368,747)
3. First Date ($340,514)
2. Forever Tango ($220,070)
1. Soul Doctor ($97,659)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.6%)
2. Kinky Boots (99.1%)
3. The Lion King (98.6%)
4. Wicked (96.7%)
5. Pippin (96%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. First Date (69.5%)
4. Annie (61.1%)
3. Cinderella (58.3%)
2. Soul Doctor (55.7%)**
1. Forever Tango (54.7%)

*Number based on five performances.
**Number based on seven performances

Data provided by the Broadway League