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Lion King Broadway musical grossed $1,608,611 and had an attendance rate of 98.7%, about 1.0% more than that of the previous week. Lion King is in the 2nd position behind The Book of Mormon ($1,660,267) in the list. The 26 shows on the boards grossed $19,122,431, slipping around 5.07% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 26, 2014.

1. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,660,267
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,608,611
3. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,598,920
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,385,078
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,115,402
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,053,614
7. Twelfth Night/Richard III – (BELASCO) $878,829
8. Beautiful – (STEPHEN SONDHEIM) $835,905
9. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $742,269
10. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $720,127
11. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $702,496
12. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $695,161
13. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $687,813

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

The Lion King, the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, is pleased to welcome Esteban Oliver as Zazu, beginning performances on Tuesday, April 1. Lion King is a standing production at Minskoff Theatre.

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Esteban joins the New York company of The Lion King directly from the Spanish production. Esteban Oliver Theatre credits highlights are Mamma Mia!, Beauty and The Beast, The Producers, The Phantom Of The Opera or Victor/Victoria. He’s been part of The Lion King’s original Spanish cast from 2011 and was awarded for his performance in the show as Zazu the 2012 BroadwayWorld Spain Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He will take his final bow in Teatro Lope De Vega next March 6th.

Disney’s landmark musical event, The Lion King, played its 6,681st performance on Saturday evening, November 30th, surpassing the original Broadway production of Les Miserables (6,680 performances) to become the fourth longest-running show in Broadway history, having recently celebrated its 16th anniversary on Broadway in October.

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Lion King Broadway musical grossed $1,653,132 and had an attendance rate of 97.7%, about 0.4% more than that of the previous week. Lion King is in the 3rd position behind The Book of Mormon ($1,750,313) and Wicked ($1,749,967) in the list. The 26 shows on the boards grossed $20,091,734, improving around 4.78% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 13 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 19, 2014.

1. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,750,313
2. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $1,749,967
3. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $1,653,132
4. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,527,348
5. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,169,588
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,130,146
7. Twelfth Night/Richard III – (BELASCO) $881,048
8. Beautiful – (STEPHEN SONDHEIM) $850,362
9. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $781,752
10. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $768,965
11. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $757,978
12. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $717,531
13. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $709,931

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

Lion King Broadway musical still in the $2 Million Club with the grossing $2,332,390 and had an attendance rate of 100.0%, same as that of the previous week. The 30 shows on the boards grossed $31,143,671, slipping around 21.48% from the previous week’s totals.

Below are the Top 15 Grosses from BroadwayWorld.com for the week ending January 05, 2014.

1. Wicked – (GERSHWIN) $2,454,630
2. The Lion King – (MINSKOFF) $2,332,390
3. The Book Of Mormon – (EUGENE O’NEILL) $1,948,385
4. Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark – (FOXWOODS) $1,782,904
5. Kinky Boots – (AL HIRSCHFELD) $1,781,938
6. Matilda – (SHUBERT) $1,654,803
7. Annie – (PALACE) $1,387,296
8. Betrayal – (ETHEL BARRYMORE) $1,367,059
9. The Phantom Of The Opera – (MAJESTIC) $1,357,647
10. Motown: The Musical – (LUNT-FONTANNE) $1,334,907
11. Cinderella – (BROADWAY) $1,123,628
12. 700 Sundays – (IMPERIAL) $1,101,241
13. Pippin – (MUSIC BOX) $1,026,769
14. Newsies – (NEDERLANDER) $934,998
15. Jersey Boys – (AUGUST WILSON) $928,795

{Via BroadwayWorld.com}

The Lion King musical on Broadway earned the top spot with $97 million since the beginning of the year, bringing its total income to just over $1 billion.

The show, which features music by Elton John and Tim Rice, opened on Broadway in 1997 and has been housed at the Minskoff Theater since 2006. It is an adaptation of the beloved Disney film of the same name and features characters in extravagant costumes to represent the animal characters in the film.

The show easily beat out the second place contender “Book of Mormon,” which earned $90.4 million since the start of 2013. “The Lion King” also broke a sales record for the Minskoff Theater in the second to last week of 2013, selling over $2.8 million in tickets.

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Lion King Broadway musical in the $2 Million Club with the grossing $2,837,158 and had an attendance rate of 100.0%, about 1.5% more than that of the previous week. The Lion King slided to 2nd position this week as Wicked Musical sets a new Broadway record for the highest one-week gross with a box office take of $3,201,333. 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}