Broadway Grosses: The Book of Mormon Still Writes the Book on Box Office Success; Les Miz Marches for Two Weeks More

The Book of Mormon is showing no sign of turning it off just yet. The Tony-winning musical, now in its sixth year, has managed to float comfortably above the $1 million mark and consistently plays to SRO. Meanwhile, Hamilton took the number one spot by gross and capacity. While this decade’s two biggest hits earned top marks on the boards this week, the ‘80s continued its resurgence of Broadway as Cats and Les Miserables surpassed $1 million. The latter plays its final performance on September 4 and was one of just four shows to see an uptick from the previous week. Two others were The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which will also close on September 4, and Finding Neverland, which took its last bow on August 21.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending August 21:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Hamilton ($2,065,377)
2. The Lion King ($2,048,009)
3. Wicked ($1,575,605)
4. Aladdin ($1,561,265)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,258,954)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. The Humans ($502,873)
4. Jersey Boys ($478,475)
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ($470,403)
2. Fun Home ($374,432)
1. An Act of God ($300,226)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Hamilton (101.75%)
2. The Book of Mormon (101.68%)
3. Les Miserables (99.57%)
4. The Lion King (99.15%)
5. Aladdin (97.22%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Something Rotten! (61.41%)
4. Fiddler on the Roof (61.28%)
3. Kinky Boots (59.57%)
2. Jersey Boys (56.03%)
1. On Your Feet! (53.93%)

Source: The Broadway League