Biz slips; 'Sundays' $1.2m

Road Grosses

By VARIETY STAFF

Road grosses declined in Week 28 (Dec. 5-11) by 12.76% to $10,278,466.

Drop was due in part to the first company of "Wicked" seeing an expected falloff from its groundbreaking $2,045,473 in St. Louis to $1,379,769 for its performance in Hartford, Conn., during Week 28.

Also, "Little Shop of Horrors" returned after a weeklong hiatus, increasing the show tally from 11 to 12.

Estimates for last week:

CHICAGO
Hairspray (M) Cadillac Palace ($80; 2,344; $1,267,040) (12/5/05-12/11/05).
PW, $645,475 in Raleigh, N.C.
Last (1st) wk, $528,477.
Wicked (M-2nd Co.) Ford Center ($82; 2,243; $1,223,952) (6/20/05-12/11/05).
PW, $1,184,819.
Last (25th) wk, $1,181,534.

CINCINNATI
The Phantom of the Opera (M) Aronoff ($68; 2,593; $943,513) (12/5/05-12/11/05).
PW, $1,121,944 in Denver.
Last (1st) wk, $759,764.

HARTFORD, CONN.
Wicked (M-1st Co.) Bushnell ($80; 2,710; $1,401,802) (12/5/05-12/11/05).

PW, $2,045,473 in St. Louis.
Last (1st) wk, $1,379,769.

KANSAS CITY
Little Shop of Horrors (M) Music Hall ($49; 2,389; $871,235) (12/5/05-12/11/05).
Last (1st) wk, $391,611.

NORFOLK, VA.
The Lion King (M-2nd Co.) Chrysler Hall ($70; 2,235; $757,472) (12/9/05-12/11/05).
PW, $1,102,897 in Spokane, Wash.
Last (1st) wk, $715,268 (5perf).

SAN DIEGO
The Lion King (M-1st Co.) Civic Theater ($78; 2,762; $790,041) (12/9/05-12/11/05).
PW, $1,388,673 in Providence, R.I.
Last (1st) wk, $691,353.

SAN FRANCISCO
700 Sundays (P) Golden Gate Theater ($103; 2,337; $1,187,478) (11/28/05-12/11/05).
PW, $1,175,604.
Last (1st) wk, $1,177,125.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.
Chicago (M) Proctor's ($59; 2,648; $1,142,544) (12/6/05-12/11/05).
PW, $832,106 in Chicago.
Last (1st) wk, $551,834.

SEATTLE
Mamma Mia! (M) Paramount ($70; 2,811; $1,183,314) (12/6/05-12/11/05).
PW, $837,713 in San Jose, Calif.
Last (1st) wk, $1,046,005.

TORONTO
Movin' Out (M) Cannon (C$94/$81; 2,289; C$1,411,422/$1,226,102) (11/22/05-12/11/05).
PW, C$1,118,998/$972,073.
Last (3rd) wk, C$1,134,098/$985,190.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Les Miserables (M-1st Co.) National ($82; 1,625; $937,202) (12/5/05-12/11/05).
PW, $479,506 in Wilmington, Del.
Last (1st) wk, $870,536.