Broadway Sells Record $1.1 Billion of Tickets in Past Year
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Broadway sold a record $1.1 billion of tickets in the past 12 months, buoyed by “Wicked,” “The Book of Mormon” and other hits that charge $300 and up for the top seats.
Ticket revenue was up 5.9 percent from a year ago, said the Broadway League, a trade association of producers and theater owners, in a release. The top sellers over the past week, which included the three-day Memorial Day weekend, were “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” ($1.3 million), “Book of Mormon” ($1.2 million), “The Lion King” ($1.6 million) and “Wicked” ($1.7 million).