Broadway Grosses: Pippin Does Million Dollar Magic; Alan Cumming Takes His Final Bow as Macbeth Closes
The Tony-winning revival of Pippin is definitely doing magic on Broadway. The musical keeps breaking house records at the Music Box Theatre, earning $1,044,078 (a hefty total in one of the smaller Broadway theaters) and climbing to second place in capacity. Family favorite The Lion King continues its Broadway reign, bringing in a whopping $2,070,492 in box office receipts in a narrow victory over Wicked, while The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical and Matilda continue to play to sold-out crowds. Meanwhile, Tony winner Alan Cumming said farewell to Broadway as "the Scottish play" had its final performance on July 14.
Take a look below at who was on top (and who wasn’t) for the week ending July 7:
FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. The Lion King ($2,070,492)
2. Wicked ($1,986,489)
3. The Book of Mormon ($1,926,077)
4. Kinky Boots ($1,567,997)
5. Motown The Musical ($1,456,066)
UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rock of Ages ($421,964)
4. The Trip to Bountiful ($400,813)
3. Macbeth ($389,845)*
2. The Nance ($350,925)
1. The Assembled Parties ($249,052)
FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.63%)
2. Pippin (101.22%)
3. Kinky Boots (100.77%)
4. Motown the Musical (100.74%)
5. Matilda (100.52%)
UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Cinderella (80.10%)
4. Macbeth (80.09%)*
3. The Assembled Parties (78.02%)
2. The Nance (57.34%)
1. The Trip to Bountiful (54.90%)
*Number based on six performances