The Lion King Archive

Recent Shows Burning Up The Box Office

Some of the newer shows to The Great White Way are blazing a path to box office success lately. It seems that theater fans are really warming up to some of our latest additions to PeterPanShowBus.com. While perennial leaders The Lion King and Wicked still top the charts for box office dollars, Evita has made [...]
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It’s Performance #6000 For The Lion King!

No show in Broadway history has ever grossed as much at the box office as Disney’s The Lion King. Now with today’s matinee, the show celebrates a major milestone – its 6000th performance! The Lion King originally opened in November of 1997 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. In 1998 it won six Tony Awards, among [...]
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New Shows Heating Up The Broadway Box Office

Spring is nearly here and with it have come several new Broadway shows. And a couple of those have already proved to be instant fan favorites. Perennial leaders The Lion King and Wicked continued to top the box office takes last week, followed by The Book of Mormon, Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark and Jersey [...]
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Thanksgiving Week Breaks Broadway Records

While the economy is on everyone’s mind these days, you wouldn’t know it from looking at Thanksgiving week on the Great White Way. Three shows topped two million dollars last week, while five others topped the one million dollar mark. Not bad for a recession! Leading the pack for last week’s Broadway box office were [...]
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Columbus Day Holiday Run-Up Is Strong For Broadway

The run-up to the Columbus Day holiday weekend proved to be a week of strong ticket sales for many Broadway productions. As is always the case, perennial front runners Wicked and The Lion King topped the box office charts. But also strong last week was Jersey Boys, a show that is still drawing – and [...]
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Extreme Heat Doesn’t Cool Broadway Enthusiasm

Sure the Big Apple was hotter than it’s been all summer last week. But that didn’t cool enthusiasm among theater goers to see their favorite shows. Last week’s box office was strong and here are some of the shows that kept it that way. Taking in the biggest bucks on Broadway were perennial favorites Wicked [...]
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Tony Nominees Packing the Houses

With this Sunday’s Tony Awards show just around the corner, audiences last week filled the theaters of some of the most popular nominees. The Book of Mormon which got 14 nominations was right behind perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King in terms of total revenue. Not far behind at over $1,000,000 for the week [...]
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Newcomers Filling The Seats On Broadway

There are nearly 40 shows playing on Broadway right now. But except for perennial front runners Wicked and The Lion King, it’s the newcomers that are packing the houses. Among last week’s top five shows by theater capacity were The Book of Mormon, Warhorse and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. And even [...]
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Despite The Snow, Some Shows Still Thrive

Despite the seventh winter storm of the season in New York City, and more than a foot and a half of snow, Broadway box offices for three shows still topped the one million dollar mark for the final week of January. As usual, Wicked topped Broadway grosses with more than $1.3 million in ticket sales. [...]
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Big Holiday Week On The Great White Way

There’s no doubt that these are challenging economic times for many. But you wouldn’t know it to look at last week’s record-breaking holiday box office on Broadway. The two most popular shows – Wicked and The Lion King – brought in more than $4 million between them, setting a Big Apple record. And controversial newcomer, [...]
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