Broadway Grosses: No 'Tony Bump' Needed for the Season's Sellout Hits

Broadway box office results remained steady in the week leading up to the Tony Awards, with perennial winners Wicked, The Lion King, Spider-Man, Book of Mormon and Jersey Boys at the top of the leader board. The eventual 2011 Tony winners—Mormon, War Horse and Anything Goes—didn’t need a “Tony bump” to make the frontrunners’ lists for grosses and/or capacity. All in all, it’s a great start to the busy summer tourist season on the Great White Way.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending June 12:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,752,076)
2. The Lion King ($1,690,120)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,210,619)*
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,184,507)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,056,720)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rain ($263,523)
4. Born Yesterday ($237,370)
3. The Importance of Being Earnest ($236,939)
2. The People in the Picture ($208,208)
1. Arcadia ($190,098)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.41%)
2. Anything Goes (100.26%)
3. War Horse (100.02%)
4. Wicked (100%)
5. The Lion King (99.97%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Rain (57.57%)
4. Arcadia (51.73%)
3. Born Yesterday (46.11%)
2. Million Dollar Quartet (44.04%)
1. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (43.20%)

*Number based on eight preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.