Broadway Grosses: Labor Day Weekend (and Nathan Lane's Return) Lifts Box Office

The Labor Day holiday weekend gave Broadway’s box offices a slight lift, as the threat of Hurricane Earl proved vastly overstated. (Heck, it hardly even rained in the city!) On the other hand, the return of Hurricane Nathan—star Nathan Lane, that is—from a week of vacation added more than $300,000 to the grosses at The Addams Family. Meanwhile, Broadway said farewell to the talented dancers of Come Fly Away, which ended its run at the Marquis Theatre.

Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending September 5:

FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,622,078)
2. The Lion King ($1,467,779)
3. The Addams Family ($1,079,425)
4. Billy Elliot ($1,042,174)
5. Jersey Boys ($1,017,390)

UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Rock of Ages ($501,908)
4. Fela! ($481,772)
3. Million Dollar Quartet ($468,077)
2. Next to Normal ($296,154)
1. Mrs. Warren’s Profession ($134,547)*

FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. Wicked (100%)
2. Jersey Boys (96.75%)
3. A Little Night Music (96.25%)
4. Billy Elliot (95.36%)
5. The Lion King (93.78%)

UNDERDOGS (By Capacity)
5. Come Fly Away (72.20%)
4. The Phantom of the Opera (71.23%)
3. West Side Story (61.28%)
2. American Idiot (61.25%)
1. Million Dollar Quartet (57.60%)

*Number based on five preview performances.
Data provided by the Broadway League.