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TOP-GROSSING BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS
Week of June 15-June 21, 2009
(Data provided by The Broadway League)
MUSICALS
Wicked (Gerswhin Theatre), $1,579,549
Billy Elliot (Imperial Theatre), $1,425,426
West Side Story (Palace Theatre), $1,380,288
The Lion King (Minskoff Theatre), $1,326,441
Jersey Boys (August Wilson Theatre), $1,150,424
PLAYS
God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), $969,291
Blithe Spirit (Sam S. Shubert Theatre Theatre), $604,487
Waiting for Godot (Studio 54), $561,246
The Norman Conquests (Circle in the Square), $333,150
Mary Stuart (Broadhurst Theatre), $320,278
MOST-READ PLAYBILL.COM STORIES
Week of June 14-June 20, 2009
(Compiled weekly by Playbill.com)
ON THE RECORD: 2008-09 Broadway Cast Album Roundup.
Bye Bye Birdie Casting Complete; Walton, Egan, Gearhart, Chase, Goble Join Revival.
ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Tony! Tony! Tony!, Plus Hilty, Bebe and More.
North Shore Music Theatre Is Out of Business.
August: Osage County to End Broadway Run June 28.
Broadway Rush and Standing Room Only Policies.
Tony Awards Retire Special Theatrical Event Category.
Broadway Grosses: June 8-14.
Knight to Exit "Grey's Anatomy" Early; Broadway May Be Next.
City of Angels Headed to Silver Screen; "Elf" and "Secondhand Lions" Headed to Stage. BEST-SELLING THEATRE CDs
June 27, 2009
(Results from billboard.biz)
Next To Normal, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Jersey Boys, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Wicked, Original Broadway Cast Recording
West Side Story, The New Broadway Cast Recording
Hair, The New Broadway Cast Recording
TOP-GROSSING FILMS
Week of June 12-June 18, 2009
(Results from boxofficemojo.cm)
"The Hangover": $54,089,440 (weekly gross); $126,063,542 (total gross)
"Up": $46,112,546 (weekly gross); $202,776,255 (total gross)
"The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3": $32,032,325 (weekly gross); $32,032,325 (total gross)
"Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian": $14,805,754 (weekly gross); $148,652,559 (total gross)
"Land of the Lost": $13,870,045 (weekly gross); $39,696,565 (total gross)