CHART TOPPERS, Fourth Week of June

By Judy Samelson
30 Jun 2009

Weekly spotlight on the most-read, most-seen and most-listened-to works.

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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of June 22-June 28, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)

MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,606,120
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,424,911
West Side Story (Palace Theatre), $1,382,611
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,371,436
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,151,195

PLAYS
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $972,967
Blithe Spirit (Sam S. Shubert Theatre Theatre), $597,662
Waiting for Godot (Studio 54), $563,210
August: Osage County (Music Box Theatre), $414,600
Irena's Vow (Walter Kerr Theatre), $337,100

MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of June 21-June 27, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)

  • Tony Winner Patti LuPone Responds to Times Blog.
  • T. Scott Cunningham, Actor of Off-Broadway Stage, Dies at 47.
  • Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming Cast in Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.
  • DIVA TALK: Chatting with Hair's Caissie Levy Plus News of Peters and Streisand .
  • ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Nothin' Like a Dame and a Hair-y Surprise.
  • Angela, Mercado, Warren, Hoffman, Shepherd, Gregory to Star in Dreamgirls.
  • "Click It!": Broadway Bares 19.0 Presented June 21.
  • Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
  • Chase to Succeed Fontana in Billy Elliot on Broadway.
  • Broadway Grosses: June 15-21.

    BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
    July 4, 2009
    (Results from billboard.biz)

  • Chess: In Concert, Cast Recording
  • Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Next to Normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • West Side Story, The New Broadway Cast Recording

    TOP-GROSSING FILMS
    Week of June 19-June 25, 2009
    (Results from boxofficemojo.cm)

  • "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen": $89,245,788 (weekly gross); $89,245,788 (total gross)
  • "The Proposal": $50,583,930 (weekly gross); $50,583,930 (total gross)
  • "The Hangover": $39,968,559 (weekly gross); $166,032,101 (total gross)
  • "Up": $34,396,562 (weekly gross); $237,172,817 (total gross)
  • "Year One": $26,507,116 (weekly gross); $26,507,116 (total gross)