Wicked Broadway musical sets a new Broadway record for the highest one-week gross with a box office take of $3,201,333, for the week ending December 29, 2013.
The first and only Broadway musical to gross over $3 million in one week, Wicked has broken the previous record, $2,947,142, which it also held (week ending December 30, 2012), and which had earlier been held by Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, with a gross of $2,941,794 (week ending January 1, 2012). The 30 shows on the boards grossed $38,783,854, improving around 28.99% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 29, 2013.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $3,201,333
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,837,158
3. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $2,247,240
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $2,176,436
5. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $2,145,404
6. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,843,296
7. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,732,800
8. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,708,597
9. Annie – (PALACE) $1,566,847
10. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,479,890
11. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,442,087
12. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,403,415
13. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $1,285,451
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
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