Broadway Grosses: Spring Box Office Flowers in Fall

Broadway continued its slow climb out of the September doldrums, though only five shows filled their theaters to above 90% of capacity Jersey Boys, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, Spring Awakening and the star-powered newcomer Pygmalion, with Claire Danes as Eliza Doolittle. Spring Awakening continued to ride the wave of its eight Tony wins, filling the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to 90.13% of capacity and grossing more than $667,000. Among the other new musicals, Mary Poppins remained among the top five grossers, pulling in almost $885,000 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, and Curtains showed strength, playing to more than 85% of capacity at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and grossing more than $756,000.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending September 30:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,401,662
2. Jersey Boys $1,206,558
3. The Lion King $1,022,471
4. Mamma Mia! $887,135
5. Mary Poppins $884,744

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Pygmalion $287,129*
4. The Ritz $281,112*
3. Xanadu $272,833
2. Mauritius $186,793*
1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $180,768

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.77%
2. Wicked 98.42%
3. Mamma Mia! 92.10%
4. Pygmalion 90.34%
4. Spring Awakening 90.13%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Rent 65.25%
4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 65.11%
3. The Drowsy Chaperone 64.07%
2. Legally Blonde 63.94%
1. Mauritius 57.54%*

* Number based on 8 preview performances
Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers.