Broadway Grosses: It's a Happy New Year at the Box Office; Nine Shows Bid Farewell

The bounty continued at Broadway box offices between Christmas and New Year’s, with 11 shows again topping $1 million in grosses for the week ending January 4. A whopping 24 of 31 titles played to more than 90% of capacity, reflecting the fact that many favorite shows are in the final weeks of their Broadway runs. Nine productions said good-bye to the Great White Way on January 4: 13, Boeing-Boeing, Dividing the Estate, Grease, Hairspray, Liza’s at the Palace, Slava’s Snowshow, White Christmas and Young Frankenstein which, as always, declined to provide information about its attendance or grosses. But for this week, at least, the news was overwhelmingly good.

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

FRONTRUNNERS By Gross
1. Wicked $1,769,489
2. The Lion King $1,555,984
3. Billy Elliot $1,358,454
4. Shrek the Musical $1,268,342
5. Mamma Mia! $1,261,939

UNDERDOGS By Gross
5. Slava’s Snowshow $363,887
4. The 39 Steps $340,071
3. Dividing the Estate $335,231*
2. Speed-the-Plow 329,979
1. The American Plan $72,190**

FRONTRUNNERS By Capacity
1. Spring Awakening 104.05%
2. Spamalot 101.27%
3. Chicago 101.18%
4. Jersey Boys 100.97%
5. The Phantom of the Opera 100.36%

UNDERDOGS By Capacity
5. Equus 79.19%
4. White Christmas 78.40%***
3. August: Osage County 61.17%***
2. The American Plan 58.62%
1. Speed-the-Plow 52.74%

*Number based on seven regular performances.
**Number based on four preview performances.
***Number based on nine regular performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.