Broadway Grosses: Divine Doubt

Doubt, which received rave reviews and won four Lucille Lortel Awards, including Best Play, is packing them in at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The show broke the house record at the venue last week, earning $445,530 in a non-holiday week. The previous record was held by Proof, which made $430,173 over Christmas week in 2001. Another new play is also doing very well at the box office--the week ending May 1 marked the second consecutive week The Pillowman has set a new house record for the Booth Theatre with $402,358.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 1:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,255,997
2. The Lion King $1,174,538
3. Mamma Mia! $955,629
4. Spamalot $873,568
5. The Producers $868,686

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Brooklyn $223,273
4. The Glass Menagerie $216,876
3. Steel Magnolias $209,009
2. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed $115,648*
1. After the Night and the Music $95,772**

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. 700 Sundays 101.95%*
2. Mamma Mia! 101.26%
3. The Lion King 100.51%
4. Spamalot 100.08%
5. Wicked 100%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Little Women 54.27%
4. On Golden Pond 51.09%
3. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed 48.38%*
2. Steel Magnolias 47.44%
1. The Glass Menagerie 42.07%

*Number based on six regular performances.
**Number based on five preview performances.

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.