Broadway Grosses: Packed Crowd-Pleasers

Broadway musicals are packing them in. Last week five Broadway shows filled were at full or over capacity The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia!, Spamalot, The Lion King and Wicked. The previous week, six shows passed the 100% capacity mark The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Spamalot, The Lion King, Hairspray, Mamma Mia! and Wicked.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 3:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,290,478
2. The Lion King $1,203,555
3. Spamalot $989,524
4. Mamma Mia! $942,813
5. The Producers $849,145

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? $226,260
4. The Glass Menagerie $159,937
3. Steel Magnolias $159,937
2. After the Night and the Music $156,837
1. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed $99,682*

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 103.31%
2. Mamma Mia! 101.59%
3. Spamalot 101.58%
4. The Lion King 100.90%
5. Wicked 100%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Fiddler on the Roof 62.87%
4. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed 54.17%*
3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 51.92%
2. The Glass Menagerie 47.93%
1. Steel Magnolias 43.59%

*Number based on seven regular performances.

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.