CHART TOPPERS, Third Week of December

By Judy Samelson
24 Dec 2009

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

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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of December 14-December 20, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)

MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,604,791
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,489,984
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,314,722
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,159,833
Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Marquis Theatre), $1,107,916

PLAYS
Race (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), $558,628
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $423,571
Wishful Drinking (Studio 54), $286,530
Superior Donuts (Music Box Theatre), $210,268
The 39 Steps (Helen Hayes Theatre), $175,546

MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of December 13-December 19, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)

  • Menzel Confirmed for 2010 Episodes of "Glee".
  • ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: A Dressing Room With 007 & Wolverine .
  • PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: A Little Night Music — Smiles of an Autumn Night.
  • Full Cast Announced for London World Premiere of Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies.
  • Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
  • Wicked to Become 20th Longest-Running Show in Broadway History.
  • Broadway Grosses: Dec. 7-13.
  • Tucci to Direct LaPaglia, Shalhoub, Maxwell and More in Lend Me a Tenor Broadway Revival.
  • Finneran, Goldwyn and Ashmanskas Will Star in Promises, Promises.
  • Xanadu Tour Re-Launches Dec. 15 with Stanley, Von Essen, Golden, Marshall, Duda, Nager.

    BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
    December 26, 2009
    (Results from billboard.biz)

  • Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Mamma Mia!, Original Cast Recording
  • The Lion King, Original Broadway Cast Recording
  • Spring Awakening, Original Broadway Cast Recording

    TOP-GROSSING FILMS
    Week of December 11–December 17, 2009
    (Results from boxofficemojo.cm)

  • "The Princess and the Frog": $29,651,902 (weekly gross); $32,531,772 (total gross)
  • "The Blind Side": $19,942,706 (weekly gross); $154,704,245 (total gross)
  • "Invictus": $11,674,785 (weekly gross); $11,674,785 (total gross)
  • "The Twilight Saga: New Moon": $10,830,138 (weekly gross); $270,190,721 (total gross)
  • "A Christmas Carol (2009)": $9,776,983 (weekly gross); $127,369,890 (total gross)

    CHART TOPPERS will return on January 5, 2010.