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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of January 4-January 10, 2010
(Data provided by The Broadway League)
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,539,959
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,377,959
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,195,293
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,135,065
A Little Night Music (Walter Kerr Theatre), $960,594
PLAYS
A View From the Bridge (Cort Theatre), $520,676
Race (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), $464,026
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $420,108
Wishful Drinking (Studio 54), $320,709
In the Next Room (Lyceum Theatre), $295,615
MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of January 3-January 9, 2010
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)
Only Yesterday: A Preview of the 2010 Broadway Season.
American Idiot Will Rock Broadway's St. James Starting March 24.
Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
Broadway Grosses: Dec. 28 - Jan. 3.
Tharp's Come Fly Away to Land at Broadway's Marquis Theatre in March.
ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Year by Year in the Early 'Aughts.
Pitt, Jolie and Kids Attend Broadway's Mary Poppins.
DIVA TALK: A Mid-Season Diva Preview.
Schedule of Upcoming Broadway Shows.
Kenny Leon Will Direct Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Broadway's Fences.
BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
January 16, 2010
(Results from billboard.biz)
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
The Lion King, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording
In the Heights, Original Broadway Cast Recording
TOP-GROSSING FILMS
Week of January 1–January 7, 2010
(Results from Variety.com)
"Avatar": $96,916,087 (weekly gross); $380,540,297 (total gross)
"Sherlock Holmes": $46,464,810 (weekly gross); $148,567,766 (total gross)
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel": $41,157,394 (weekly gross); $161,884,676 (total gross)
"It's Complicated": $24,986,790 (weekly gross); $65,362,665 (total gross)
"The Blind Side": $14,883,591 (weekly gross); $211,446,909 (total gross)
