Broadway Grosses: Winning Week for Wicked, Jersey Boys, Grease & More

The week leading into the Labor Day holiday weekend was strong all around for Broadway, with only three shows playing to less than 85% of capacity. Wicked, Jersey Boys, The Lion King and Mary Poppins continued to be the favorites, each grossing more than $1 million and filling their theaters to near capacity or beyond. Jersey Boys, in fact, set a new box office record at the August Wilson Theatre with $1,236,877 in sales. Grease remained a hot commodity, filling the Brooks Atkinson Theatre to 100.93% and grossing more than $892,000 in its second week since opening night.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending September 2:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,480,508
2. The Lion King $1,262,397
3. Jersey Boys $1,236,877
4. Mary Poppins $1,097,633
5. The Color Purple $976,236

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Chicago $519,366
4. Les Miserables $476,860
3. Avenue Q $414,826
2. Xanadu $344,555
1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $264,580

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Grease 100.93%
2. Jersey Boys 100.76%
3. Wicked 100%
4. Spring Awakening 99.87%
5. Hairspray 99.66%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Les Miserables 85.83%
4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 85.20%
3. Legally Blonde 84.45%
2. The Phantom of the Opera 83.53%
1. The Drowsy Chaperone 61.92%

Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers.