Broadway Grosses: Audiences 'Believe' in The Book of Mormon; Good People & Anything Goes Draw Crowds

Do we sound like a broken record when reporting on the box office prowess of The Book of Mormon? It can’t be helped: Fresh from being nominated for 14 Tony Awards, the hit musical kept climbing in a week in which most other shows experienced drops in grosses and attendance. Three Tony-nominated shows made their way onto the frontrunners’ lists, joining the missionaries from “Sal Tlay Ka Siti”: How to Succeed ranked #5 on the grosses list, and Good People (yay! a play!) and Anything Goes made their way onto the top five for capacity.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 8:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($1,601,654)
2. Wicked ($1,599,916)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,129,867)
4. Jersey Boys ($1,006,650)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($936,036)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Arcadia ($241,856)
4. The Importance of Being Earnest ($225,329)
3. The People in the Picture ($218,194)
2. Born Yesterday ($218,131)
1. Lombardi ($148,752)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.44%)
2. The Lion King (100.04%)
3. War Horse (100.01%)
4. Good People (99.38%)
5. Anything Goes (98.81%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Million Dollar Quartet (52.01%)
4. Lombardi (48.83%)
3. Arcadia (46.53%)
2. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (45.64%)
1. Born Yesterday (44.87%)

Data provided by the Broadway League.