Broadway Grosses: Death of a Salesman Tops $1 Million in Record-Breaking Week

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer tourist season, and as usual, that meant a week of healthy box office results on Broadway. For the seventh time, Death of a Salesman broke the house record at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, topping $1 million (with a schedule of seven performances) to take sixth place on the list of top-grossing shows. Meanwhile, The Book of Mormon grossed a record-breaking $1.6 million in the 1,000-seat Eugene O’Neill Theatre on a week when every frontrunner hauled in more than $1.5 million. (Also in the $1 million club: Nice Work If You Can Get It.)

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending May 27:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,896,633)
2. The Lion King ($1,809,051)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,609,478)
4. Evita ($1,567,080)
5. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ($1,506,692)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Other Desert Cities ($294,942)
4. The Columnist ($280,502)
3. The Lyons ($222,985)
2. Godspell ($218,077)
1. Don’t Dress For Dinner ($172,657)

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Newsies (101.47%)
3. The Lion King (100.02%)
4. Wicked (99.75%)
5. Death of a Salesman (99.43%)*

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Venus in Fur (63.09%)
4. End of the Rainbow (61.19%)
3. Priscilla Queen of the Desert (61.03%)
2. Godspell (56.34%)
1. The Lyons (44.23%)

*Number based on seven regular performances
Data provided by the Broadway League