Archive for December, 2013
Lion King Tops Broadway Box Office with $2.20 Million for Week Ending December 22, 2013
Lion King Musical on Broadway in the $2 Million Club with the grossing $2,206,379 and had an attendance rate of 98.5%, about 4.3% less than that of the previous week. The Lion King Again climbed to 1st position. The 30 shows on the boards grossed $27,539,205, improving around 3.96% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 22, 2013.
1. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,206,379
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,153,098
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,962,932
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,719,272
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,407,739
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,286,509
7. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,276,143
8. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,203,125
9. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,064,456
10. Annie – (PALACE) $1,037,800
11. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,005,309
12. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $881,703
13. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $871,578
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
Lion King Broadway Box Office Update for Week Ending 12/15/2013
Lion King Broadway musical grossed $1,818,825 and had an attendance rate of 94.2%, about 1.4% more than that of the previous week. Lion King is in the 3rd position behind Wicked ($1,971,945) and The Book of Mormon ($1,865,333) in the list. The 30 shows on the boards grossed $26,577,883, slipping around 3.65% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 15, 2013.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,971,945
2. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,865,333
3. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,818,825
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,768,672
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,538,154
6. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,284,344
7. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,157,142
8. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,134,137
9. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,054,823
10. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $953,819
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
Lion King Broadway Box Office Update for Week Ending Dec 08, 2013
Lion King Broadway musical grossed $1,955,923 and had an attendance rate of 92.8%, about 6.1% less than that of the previous week. Lion King is in the 2nd position behind Wicked Musical ($2,036,322) in the list. The 31 shows on the boards grossed $27,935,666, slipping around 11.85% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 10 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 08, 2013.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,036,322
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,955,923
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,877,347
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,741,845
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,563,294
6. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,267,872
7. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,197,109
8. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,190,187
9. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $1,030,341
10. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $987,825
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}
The Lion King on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show
The Lion King musical on Broadway Becomes Fourth Longest-Running Show with its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30, 2103 surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history.
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Having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway last month, The Lion King finds itself in a position unprecedented in the history of Broadway. Already the highest-grossing show in Broadway history, the show is routinely the #1 Broadway show in a given week, a feat previously unimaginable for a show at this stage in its life.
The production recently became the first show in Broadway history to pass $1 billion in cumulative gross, an achievement made by the North American tour of The Lion King earlier this year.
Lion King Musical in the $2 Million Club – Broadway Box Office Update for Week Ending December 01, 2013
Lion King Broadway musical joins the $2 Million Club with the grossing $2,365,402 and had an attendance rate of 98.9%, about 3.7% more than that of the previous week.
Wicked ($2,625,327) musical is just above the Lion King at the top of the list. The 32 shows on the boards grossed $31,531,069, imroving around 25.7% from the previous week’s totals.
Below are the Top 15 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending December 01, 2013.
1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,625,327
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,365,402
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $2,161,225
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,912,568
5. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,657,599
6. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,522,003
7. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,418,373
8. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,289,324
9. Annie – (PALACE) $1,229,595
10. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,220,246
11. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,121,799
12. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $1,070,681
13. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,046,663
14. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $1,045,626
15. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $914,762
{Via BroadwayWorld.com}