As the always strong Easter holiday week approaches, Broadway’s box offices are humming. With 38 shows to choose from, theatergoers showed support across the board, pushing the now-on-hiatus Spider-Man into third place and lifting newcomer Priscilla Queen of the Desert into the top five and the coveted $1 million club. The Book of Mormon is now solidly S.R.O., joined on the capacity frontrunners’ list by new hits Anything Goes and War Horse, the still-solid Good People and the indestructible Lion King.
Here is a look at who was on top and who was not for the week ending April 17:
FRONTRUNNERS (By Gross)
1. Wicked ($1,663,270)
2. The Lion King ($1,619,576)
3. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ($1,381,937)*
4. Mary Poppins ($1,009,127)
5. Priscilla Queen of the Desert ($1,003,186)
UNDERDOGS (By Gross)
5. Jerusalem ($256,890)*
4. Lombardi ($182,528)
3. The People in the Picture ($156,794)**
2. Born Yesterday ($146,459)*
1. High ($91,020)*
FRONTRUNNERS (By Capacity)
1. The Book of Mormon (102.44%)
2. Anything Goes (100.06%)
3. War Horse (100%)***
4. The Lion King (99.90%)
5. Good People (99.71 ...
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