Broadway Grosses: Grinch Still Riding High for the Holidays

He's been climbing week by week, and now the green antihero has made it to the top of the holiday box-office list: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! topped this week's Broadway grosses, pulling in more than $1.5 million at the Hilton Theatre with its 12-performance-a-week schedule. Although it just missed the top five, The Drowsy Chaperone set a new house record at the Marquis Theatre, grossing $1,073,880. The top and bottom five shows in terms of both grosses and capacity were almost identical from the previous week.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending December 10:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! $1,567,295*
2. Wicked $1,450,534
3. Jersey Boys $1,197,233
4. The Lion King $1,179,980
5. Mary Poppins $1,136,233

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $242,482
4 The Coast of Utopia, Part I, "Voyage" $232,330**
3 Heartbreak House $228,028
2. The Little Dog Laughed $210,420
2. Spring Awakening $182,541***

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.70%
2. Mamma Mia! 100.60%
2. Wicked 100.00%
4. Mary Poppins 99.91%
5. A Chorus Line 97.73%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. The Wedding Singer 59.77%
4. The Producers 52.76%
3. The Little Dog Laughed 49.08%
2. High Fidelity 45.44%****
1. Spring Awakening 44.72%***

*Number based on 12 regular performances.
**Number based on four previews and one regular performance.
***Number based on seven previews and one regular performance.
****Number based on three previews and five regular performances.
Data provided by The League of American Theatres and Producers.