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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of August 17-August 23, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,634,843
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,444,633
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,413,725
The Little Mermaid (Lunt–Fontanne Theatre), $1,212,777
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,154,537
PLAYS
The 39 Steps (Helen Hayes Theatre), $248,907
MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of August 16-August 22, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)
Adam Lambert Records Song for Disaster Flick "2012".
PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Matt Doyle.
Will Zeta-Jones and Lansbury Be Daughter and Mother of A Little Night Music?
Remainder of Little Mermaid's Broadway Run Sold Out.
ON THE RECORD: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I and Flower Drum Song.
Creel Sidelined from Hair Due to Injury; Remillard Will Cover.
Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Hair's Sasha Allen Plus News of Buckley, Chenoweth, Luker.
ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Seth's Broadway 101 Plus Willis, Kudisch and Zaks. Rent, With Pascal and Rapp, Will Tour Into Early 2010.
BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
August 29, 2009
(Results from billboard.biz)
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording
Hair, The New Broadway Cast Recording
Mary Poppins, Original London Cast Recording
TOP-GROSSING FILMS
Week of August 14-August 20, 2009
(Results from boxofficemojo.cm)
"District 9": $54,590,771 (weekly gross); $54,590,771 (total gross)
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra": $31,777,759 (weekly gross); $108,030,947 (total gross)
"The Time Traveler's Wife": $27,423,249 (weekly gross); $27,423,249 (total gross)
"Julie & Julia": $19,003,823 (weekly gross); $50,288,291 (total gross)
"G–Force": $10,968,981 (weekly gross); $103,109,955 (total gross)
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