Broadway Grosses: A Royal Farewell! The Audience, Starring Helen Mirren, Ends Run with Highest-Grossing Week

Tony winner Helen Mirren took her final bow in The Audience on June 28 at the Schoenfeld Theatre, and theatergoers showered her with oodles of riches. Well, $1,425,523, to be exact. The play concluded its run with its highest-grossing week and with a capacity once again over 100%. Meanwhile, a handful of new musicals celebrated their highest-earning weeks as well, including the Tony-winning Fun Home and The King and I, plus Something Rotten! and Finding Neverland. An Act of God inched closer to hitting the $1 million mark. With summer crowds flocking to see Jim Parsons as the Almighty, the play looks poised to extend its run. A change of venue would be in order, though; Thérèse Raquin inhabits Studio 54 beginning in October.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending June 28:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1.The Lion King ($2,120,670)
2. Wicked ($2,047,143)
3. Aladdin ($1,644,688)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,524,996)
5. An American in Paris ($1,433,433)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch ($538,365)**
4. Wolf Hall Parts One & Two ($515,472)
3. It Shoulda Been You ($415,180)
2. Hand to God ($400,070)
1. Amazing Grace ($200,392)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Fun Home (103.55%)
2. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
3. The Audience (101.85%)**
4. Matilda (100.34%)
5. The King and I (100.02%)
=5. The Lion King (100.02%)
=5. Aladdin (100.02%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Jersey Boys (76.62%)
4. It Shoulda Been You (75.09%)
3. On the Town (69.92%)
2. Amazing Grace (59.91%)*
1. Wolf Hall Parts One & Two (49.71%)

* Number based on five preview performances
** Number based on seven regular performances

Source: The Broadway League