Broadway Grosses: The Book of Mormon Climbs in Previews

In a week that found Broadway grosses on the downswing, the previewing Book of Mormon jumped more than $150,000, earning a spot on the frontrunners’ list for capacity and earning a healthy $604,594 in seven previews at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. MTC's Good People also cracked the top five, playing to 95% of capacity on its opening week. In the comings and goings department, Colin Quinn ended his Broadway run in Long Story Short (paving the way for the return of Rock of Ages) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert played its first week of previews at the Palace Theatre. Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending March 6:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,388,574)
2. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ($1,281,776)*
3. The Lion King ($1,212,418)
4. Jersey Boys ($855,041)
5. The Addams Family ($811,934)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. La Cage aux Folles ($277,675)
4. Driving Miss Daisy ($267,890)
3. Lombardi ($264,663)
2. Good People ($2261,464)**
1. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short ($161,966)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Wicked (98.13%)
2. The Book of Mormon (95.05%)***
3. Good People (95%)
4. The Importance of Being Earnest (91.10%)
5. Ghetto Klown (87.74%)****

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Lombardi (57.63%)
4. Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (55.73%)
3. American Idiot (51.37%)
2. Million Dollar Quartet (45.33%)
1. La Cage aux Folles (45.07%)

*Number based on eight preview performances.
**Number based three preview and five regular performances.
***Number based on seven preview performances.
****Number based on six preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.