Broadway Grosses: Thunderbird Runs Out of Gas

Suzanne Somers's The Blonde in the Thunderbird closed on Saturday, July 23 after receiving disappointing reviews and playing only eight regular performances. In its first and final official week at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, the solo show took in only $75,860 out of a potential gross of $543,004.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending July 24:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,307,492
2. The Lion King $1,207,509
3. Spamalot $997,746
4. Mamma Mia! $973,281
5. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels $843,629

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. The Constant Wife $275,081
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? $178,926*
3. Steel Magnolias $168,672
2. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed $98,928
1. The Blonde in the Thunderbird $75,860

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 102.80%
2. Spamalot 101.81%
3. The Lion King 100.99%
4. Mamma Mia! 100.42%
5. The Phantom of the Opera 100.23%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Fiddler on the Roof 58.12%
4. Lennon 51.93%**
3. Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed 48.51%
2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 45.92%*
1. Steel Magnolias 43.66%

*Number based on seven regular performances.
**Number based on eight preview performances.

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.