Broadway Grosses: Long-Running Musicals Anchor Box Office

Broadway had another week of mixed box office results, with big musicals filling the top five in both gorss and capacity while 13 shows failed to fill their houses to 75%. New musical Curtains continued its steady sales, grossing over $750,000 and filling the Al Hirschfeld Theatre over 86%, and Legally Blonde celebrated its opening by filling the Palace Theatre to over 94% and grossing over $750,000. The Phantom of the Opera, The Year of Magical Thinking and The Coast of Utopia also joined perennial hits such as Wicked, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia! and The Lion King in filling their houses to over 85%.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 6:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,384,931
2. Jersey Boys $1,162,081
3. The Lion King $1,121,635
4. Mary Poppins $1,011,129
5. Mamma Mia! $905,234

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Talk Radio $210,776
4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $209,953
3. 110 in the Shade $203,869*
2. Radio Golf $136,285**
1. Journey's End $111,804

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.63%
2. Wicked 100.00%
3. Mamma Mia! 98.74%
4. The Lion King 95.62%
5. Legally Blonde 94.23%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Radio Golf 49.34%**
4. Company 42.14%
3. Talk Radio 41.85%
2. Coram Boy 37.17%***
1. Journey's End 26.13%

* Number based on 5 preview performances.
** Number based on 7 preview performances.
*** Number based on 2 preview and 6 regular performances.
Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers