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Broadway Served Up Best Thanksgiving Week In History With $46M B.O.; ‘Wicked’ Soars To Nearly $3M
Wicked soars to nearly $3M in weekly box office receipts for the holiday week.
Rachel Tucker in 'Wicked' on BroadwayJoan Marcus Broadway recorded its best attended and highest grossing Thanksgiving week in the industry’s recorded history, the Broadway League said today, with its 38 productions grossing a combined $46,046,759, a huge increase over last year’s turkey holiday take of $34,512,033. The top grosser for this year’s holiday week was, no surprise, Wicked, the 21-year-old Broadway musical getting a renewed boost of interest from the blockbuster movie version out now. The Broadway musical grossed $2,930,221, topping the #2 entry on the chart ( The Lion King, $2,883,276) and #3 ( Hamilton$2,579,544).
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