Roaring success ... The Lion King has overtaken The Phantom of the Opera to become the highest grossing show on Broadway.
The musical version of Disney's family favourite The Lion King proved that it really does rule last week, beating old rival The Phantom of the Opera to become the highest grossing Broadway show of all time – despite having run for a decade less.
Almost 15 years after it first opened, and after taking more than $2m at the box office during Easter week, Lion King's cumulative gross earnings hit $853.8m. By comparison, The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in January 1988, added $1.2m to its cumulative gross, which now stands at $853.1m.
"We're humbled by this milestone, a feat that can be explained in two words: Julie Taymor," said Thomas Schumacher, the show's producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions. "Her vision, continued commitment to the show and uncommon artistry account for this extraordinary success."
The achievement is likely to feel particularly sweet for Taymor, who more recently presided over Broadway's most controversial – and expensive – show, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark and has been enmeshed in a series of lawsuits ever since. After suing its producers last November, alleging that they had failed to compensate her properly after wresting away creative control, in late March they hit back with a countersuit claiming that her accusations of copyright theft were inaccurate. The legal wrangling is unlikely to finish any time soon.
ML Review: Lion King rules Broadway as highest grossing show of all time!
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