Broadway Grosses: Mormon Sets Another Record; Mountaintop Climbs

It was yet another peppy week at Broadway’s box offices as the hits kept rising and several new shows posted promising results. The Book of Mormon broke the house record at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 19th time with $1.346 million for the week. Meanwhile, the Broadway transfer of Other Desert Cities cracked the frontrunners’ list for capacity while still in previews, and the newly opened drama The Mountaintop leaped $130,000 from the previous week, to an impressive $789,727.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending October 16:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,698,824)
2. The Lion King ($1,561,390)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,502,153)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,346,815)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,063,572)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rock of Ages ($399,771)
4. Chinglish ($322,469)*
3. Godspell ($321,760)*
2. Man and Boy ($306,277)
1. Venus in Fur ($236,482)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. The Lion King (100.02%)
3. War Horse (100%)
4. Wicked (99.88%)
5. Other Desert Cities (98.13%)*

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Venus in Fur (78.98%)*
4. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (78.27%)
3. Follies (74.60%)
2. Mary Poppins (71.95%)
1. Chinglish (71.55%)*

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