Broadway Grosses: Porgy and Bess Shows Strength as Mormon Breaks Another Record

The winter doldrums have set in on Broadway, although a handful of top-selling musicals continue to pack audiences in. The Book of Mormon climbed to second place, grossing an astounding $1,425,488 and shattering the box office record at the 1,066-seat Eugene O’Neill Theatre for the 26th time. The newly opened revival of Porgy and Bess made the frontrunners’ list for capacity while grossing an impressive $921,404. Meanwhile, Broadway said farewell to a trio of shows, Chinglish, Relatively Speaking and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending January 29.

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,503,461)
2. The Book of Mormon ($1,445,507)
3. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,417,922)
4. The Lion King ($1,382,353)
5. War Horse ($959,199)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Chinglish ($366,258)
4. Godspell ($303,719)
3. Stick Fly ($292,182)
2. The Road to Mecca ($210,296)
1. Wit ($205,987)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. War Horse (99.09%)
3. Porgy and Bess (96.01%)
4. Jersey Boys (95.12%)
5. Wicked (94.7%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Mamma Mia! (66.70%)
4. Relatively Speaking (65.86%)
3. The Road to Mecca (64.15%)
2. Stick Fly (61.16%)
1. Sister Act (53.35%)

* Denotes number based on three preview and five regular performances.
Data Provided by the Broadway League