Broadway Grosses: Follies Still Strong; Wicked and The Lion King Stay Sunny

A slight wintertime slump has hit many Broadway shows as the January chill sets in, but things are still sunny at perennial favorites The Lion King and Wicked. These stalwarts, along with more recent hits The Book of Mormon and the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, all enjoyed houses sold at over 95% capacity. Sondheim favorite Follies is picking up steam as it prepares to shutter on January 22 before reopening in Los Angeles, and Broadway welcomed Wit, starring Cynthia Nixon, to the Rialto.

Here's a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending January 15:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,792,976)
2. The Lion King ($1,589,980)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,436,957)
4. The Book of Mormon ($1,416,189)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ($1,331,505)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Godspell ($327,445) 
4. Stick Fly ($303,386)
3. Chinglish ($222,233)
2. Wit ($208,017)*
1. The Road to Mecca ($204,837)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. The Lion King (100.02%)
3. War Horse (100.0%)**
4. Wicked (99.97%)
5. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (97.48%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin (66.65%)***
4. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (66.50%)
3. Sister Act (62.26%)
2. Stick Fly (61.82%)
1. Chinglish (40.89%)
 
*Number based on eight preview performances.
**Number based on five regular performances.
***Number based on six regular performances.

Data provided by the Broadway League.