Broadway Grosses: Rent Goes Up; Little Dog Takes Final Bow

Box-office numbers rose across the board leading up to the Presidents' Day holiday weekend, with almost every show enjoying a healthy jump in gross and capacity. Long-running hit Rent saw a jump of almost 27% in capacity and $180,000 in gross; Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera and Chicago each saw an increase of at least 15% in capacity from the previous week. Spring Awakening broke the top five for capacity, filling the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to 90.10%. Meanwhile, Broadway said good-bye to Douglas Carter Beane's comedy The Little Dog Laughed, which played to 56.54% of capacity in its final week at the Cort Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending February 18:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,407,207
2. Jersey Boys $1,188,695
3. The Lion King $1,122,371
4. Mary Poppins $1,017,818
5. Spamalot $911,307

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Translations $251,799
4. The Little Dog Laughed $240,936
3. Talk Radio $166,859*
2. Journey's End $126,005**
1. Prelude to a Kiss $88,868***

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.49%
2. Wicked 98.80%
3. The Lion King 94.60%
4. Spamalot 93.64%
5. Spring Awakening 90.10%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. The Producers 59.00%
4. The Little Dog Laughed 56.54%
3. The Vertical Hour 56.52%
2. Talk Radio 56.15%*
1. Journey's End 41.12%**

* Number based on 6 preview performances.
** Number based on 7 preview performances.
*** Number based on 4 preview performances.
Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers.