CHART TOPPERS: First Week of October

By Judy Samelson
13 Oct 2009

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

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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of October 5-October 11, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)

MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,552,645
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,457,463
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,413,511
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,167,196
West Side Story (Palace Theatre), $1,117,130

PLAYS
A Steady Rain (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre), $1,276,106
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $895,161
Hamlet (Broadhurst Theatre), $710,225
Wishful Drinking (Studio 54), $356,915
Superior Donuts (Music Box Theatre), $327,436

MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of October 4-October 10, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)

  • Radcliffe Cast in Reading of How to Succeed in Business; Zadan and Meron Produce
  • Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking, a Solo Exposé, Opens on Broadway Oct. 4.
  • Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies to Premiere in London in March 2010; New York, Australia to Follow.
  • The Miracle Worker Is Broadway-Bound.
  • THE LEADING MEN: Burstein, Chase, Sieber, Creel, Steggert, Batt, Montalban and More.
  • Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
  • Broadway Grosses: Sept. 28-Oct. 4.
  • PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kate Baldwin.
  • ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: I Know I'm Never Getting "Ober" You.
  • Luft, Bogardus, Elder, O'Malley, Sikora Will Be "Merry and Bright" on White Christmas Tour.

    BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
    October 17, 2009
    (Results from billboard.biz)

  • Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • The Lion King, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording
  • Next To Normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording

    TOP-GROSSING FILMS
    Week of October 2-October 8, 2009
    (Results from boxofficemojo.cm)

  • "Zombieland": $32,801,081 (weekly gross); $32,801,081 (total gross)
  • "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs": $18,558,675 (weekly gross); $84,250,956 (total gross)
  • "Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D)": $15,002,348 (weekly gross); $15,002,348 (total gross)
  • "Surrogates": $9,414,387 (weekly gross); $28,457,467 (total gross)
  • "The Invention of Lying": $8,956,605 (weekly gross); $8,956,605 (total gross)