Broadway Grosses: Josh Groban Makes a Fiery Debut as Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Begins Performances

The Great Comet has landed. In its first week of previews, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 joined the Millionaire's Club on the Great White Way. The new musical, starring Josh Groban and Denée Benton in their Broadway debuts, grossed $1,141,919 (115.35% of its potential) in eight preview performances. The production was a few seats shy of reaching 100% capacity at the Imperial Theatre, but we expect to see SRO numbers in the coming weeks. It also came short in making the top five, which went to the usual suspects Hamilton, The Lion King, Wicked, Aladdin and The Book of Mormon (again, it would not be surprising if it surpassed that barrier shortly). Meanwhile, Waitress broke the Brooks Atkinson Theatre's box office record for a single performance with a gross of $158,952 on the evening of October 22.

Here’s a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending October 23:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Hamilton ($1,993,088)
2. The Lion King ($1,971,896)
3. Wicked ($1,682,068)
4. Aladdin ($1,469,578)
5. The Book of Mormon ($1,368,426)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Falsettos ($450,088)*
4. Heisenberg ($429,489)
3. The Cherry Orchard ($372,399)
2. The Encounter ($347,331)
1. Black to the Future ($132,942)***

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.52%)
2. Hamilton (101.56%)
3. The Front Page (101.37%)**
4. Beautiful (100.06%)
5. The Lion King (99.40%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. On Your Feet! (77.09%)
4. Something Rotten! (73.13%)
3. Holiday Inn (70.30%)
2. Fiddler on the Roof (67.69%)
1. The Encounter (65.76%)

* Number based on eight preview performances
** Number based on three preview performances and five regular performance
***Number based on one regular performance

Source: The Broadway League