Broadway Grosses: Stars Shine in Plays as Sales Perk Up

Broadway box offices perked up this past week, as almost every show experienced an increase in grosses and attendance a notable exception: Curtains, which dropped more than $240,000 in a week that its Tony-winning star, David Hyde Pierce, was on vacation. Spring Awakening continued to do near-sellout business, and two star-powered revivals, Pygmalion starring Claire Danes and Cyrano de Bergerac with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner, topped 90% of capacity in previews.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending October 14:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,433,557
2. Jersey Boys $1,272,077
3. The Lion King $1,156,289
4. Mamma Mia! $971,415
5. Mary Poppins $969,635

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Rent $268,082
4. Mauritius $247,991
3. The Ritz $247,958*
2. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee $205,780
1. A Bronx Tale $195,914**

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.80%
2. Spring Awakening 99.06%
3. Wicked 98.66%
4. Mamma Mia! 98.09%
5. The Lion King 95.24%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 71.22%
4. The Ritz 71%
3. A Bronx Tale 67.90%**
2. Xanadu 65.10%
1. Rent 52.36%

*Number based on 3 preview and 5 regular performances
**Number based on 6 preview performances
Data provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers