Broadway Grosses: Box Offices Hope for a Tony Boost

Broadway continued to see a slump in sales this past week, with many shows posting mediocre box office numbers. Among those beating the trend were A Moon for the Misbegotten, starring Kevin Spacey, which filled the Brooks Atkinson Theatre to almost 89%. Heading into Tony nomination week, Legally Blonde was the only new musical playing above 90% capacity, though Mary Poppins pulled in more than $1 million at the box office. Among the titles hoping for a big Tony boost are four of this week's underdogs as measured by capacity Coram Boy, Talk Radio, Company and Journey's End along with Grey Gardens 56.10% and Radio Golf 55.34%. Meanwhile, Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia enjoyed its final performances this past weekend, bringing in almost $540,000 for the week and filling Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre to more than 92% of capacity.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 13:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,390,500
2. Jersey Boys $1,190,277
3. The Lion King $1,109,580
4. The Color Purple $1,020,793
5. Mary Poppins $1,013,779

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. LoveMusik $224,097*
4. Talk Radio $221,790
3. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $206,452
2. Radio Golf $184,370
1. Journey's End $89,590

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.69%
2. Mamma Mia! 100.23%
2. Wicked 100.00%
4. The Lion King 94.53%
5. Legally Blonde 92.67%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Rent 51.01%
4. Coram Boy 48.73%
3. Talk Radio 44.51%
2. Company 42.14%
1. Journey's End 21.79%

* Number based on seven regular performances.
Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers.