Broadway Grosses: Couple Triumphs Through Sickness and Health

The Odd Couple was down on its luck this week. Nathan Lane, who stars as Oscar Madison in the hit revival, was unable to perform from January 18 through January 22 due to laryngitis. Three performances were canceled altogether before Brad Garrett, who recently played Murray in the Neil Simon play and is famous from his time on TV's Everybody Loves Raymond, stepped in to fill Lane's shoes from January 20 through January 22. The show's grosses dipped to $519,342 for the week ending January 22, a difference of $347,764 from the previous week. Happily, the seats at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre were still filled on average to 98.50% of capacity, meaning that the box office drop was primarily due to the fact that there were fewer performances and not because of ticket returns due to Lane's absence.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending January 22:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,336,485
2. Spamalot $1,013,509
3. The Lion King $962,275
4. The Color Purple $904,074
5. Jersey Boys $893,540

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $352,606
4. Doubt $321,826
3. Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life $287,883
2. Rabbit Hole $233,383*
1. Bridge and Tunnel $172,353*

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Wicked 99.43%
2. The Odd Couple 98.85%***
3. Spamalot 98.66%
4. The Pajama Game 95.07%**
5. Jersey Boys 94.64%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Chicago 66.54%
4. Doubt 62.55%
3. The Woman in White 60.35%
2. The Producers 59.23%
1. Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life 53.87%

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

Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.