CHART TOPPERS, Third Week of November

By Judy Samelson
25 Nov 2009

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

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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of November 16-November 22, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)

MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,430,006
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,297,066
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,191,066
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,149,626
West Side Story (Palace Theatre), 949,737

PLAYS
A Steady Rain (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre), $1,170,859
Hamlet (Broadhurst Theatre), $934,627
Race (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), $519,352
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $497,779
Wishful Drinking (Studio 54), $385,078

MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of November 15-November 21, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)

  • Broadway Cast of Hair Will Bow in London; New Tribe for New York.
  • PHOTO CALL: The Addams Family in Rehearsal.
  • PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Ragtime — The Music of Something Beginning, Again.
  • Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
  • Broadway Grosses: Nov. 9-15.
  • "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!": A Christmas Story, The Musical! Begins World Premiere Run.
  • Ragtime, a Musical Melting Pot, Opens on Broadway.
  • Ashlee Simpson-Wentz to Join Cast of Broadway's Chicago.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber Hospitalized Again.
  • Foster, Mazzie, Ranson and Damiano Head Carrie Reading in NYC Nov. 20.

    BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
    November 28, 2009
    (Results from billboard.biz)

  • Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording
  • The Lion King, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Rock of Ages, Original Broadway Cast Recording

    TOP-GROSSING FILMS
    Week of November 13–November 19, 2009
    (Results from boxofficemojo.cm)

  • "2012": $81,721,057 (weekly gross); $81,721,057 (total gross)
  • "A Christmas Carol (2009)": $26,597,134 (weekly gross); $67,560,978 (total gross)
  • "The Men Who Stare at Goats": $7,674,761 (weekly gross); $24,851,058 (total gross)
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire": $7,571,197 (weekly gross); $10,395,749 (total gross)
  • "Michael Jackson's This Is It": $6,529,752 (weekly gross); $68,641,128 (total gross)