Broadway Grosses: Numbers Dip Across the Boards

It was a mediocre week on Broadway, as the hits stayed steady and the middle of the pack experienced some unhappy dips November and Legally Blonde dropped more than $150,000 from the previous week's grosses, and several other shows were down more than $50,000 from the week before. Bucking the trend: South Pacific, which continued to do near-capacity business at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre, and Macbeth, also up from the week before at the Lyceum. Back on the boards were August: Osage County and The 39 Steps; both plays moved to smaller Broadway houses and resumed performances this week.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 4:

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,439,333
2. The Lion King $1,229,650
3. Jersey Boys $1,159,358
4. Mamma Mia $956,420
5. The Little Mermaid $926,863

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Les Liaisons Dangereuses $205,488*
4. Thurgood $202,134**
3. Passing Strange $194,014
2. Top Girls $187,126***
1. Glory Days $46,848***

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Jersey Boys 100.20%
2. Wicked 100%
3. The Lion King 99.22%
4. South Pacific 98.88%
5. The Phantom of the Opera 98.58%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Cry-Baby 55.65%
4. Boeing-Boeing 54.70%****
3. November 49.46%
2. Passing Strange 44.83%
1. Glory Days 21.85%***

*Number based on three previews and five regular performances.
**Number based on one preview and six regular performances.
***Number based on eight preview performances.
****Number based on seven previews and one regular performance.
Data provided by The Broadway League.