Broadway Grosses: Crowds Flock to See Tony Winner Myles Frost in MJ
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Fresh Tony winner Myles Frost is starting something, and audiences are flocking to the Neil Simon Theatre to see it. MJ celebrated multiple sold-out performances this week and packed in audiences to 100.4 percent capacity. Tony-winning musical A Strange Loop broke the Lyceum Theatre box office record for a standard eight-performance week by raking in $860,496. Meanwhile, The Music Man star Hugh Jackman is back in the production as Professor Harold Hill as the musical returns to the top slot by bringing in $3,234,018.
Here's a look at who was on top—and who was not—for the week ending June 26.
FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Music Man ($3,234,018)
2. Hamilton ($2,273,932)
3. The Lion King ($2,117,236)
4. Wicked ($1,968,156)
5. MJ ($1,681,671)
UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Chicago ($524,957)
4. POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive ($494,182)
3. American Buffalo ($442,646)
2. Paradise Square ($363,664)
1. The Minutes ($251,171)
FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. MJ (100.39%)
2. Six (100.35%)*
3. Hamilton (99.90%)
4. Plaza Suite (99.71%)
5. The Lion King (99.68%)
UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Tina - The Tina Turner Musical (69.17%)
4. Chicago (67.87%)
3. The Minutes (59.95%)
2. Paradise Square (57.94%)
1. POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (50.54%)
*number based on seven performances
Source: The Broadway League