Spider-Man 規模s new 高さs... raking in a whopping $2.9million in holiday week to make Broadway history

By Ellen Connolly
Updated: 09:48 BST, 5 January 2012

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After a 騒然とした start, Spider-Man the musical has fought 支援する, t aking in almost $3million over nine 業績／成果s, to break Broadway box office history.

No other show in Broadway history has 甚だしい／１２ダースd as much in a 選び出す／独身 week.

'Wicked' was the previous 記録，記録的な／記録する支えるもの／所有者.

The stunt-激しい 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark', which cost a staggering $75million to produce, had a rough start, which 含むd scathing reviews, 傷害s to actors, and 延期するs in 開始 night.

Muscling in: Spider-Man the musical, starring Reeve Carney in the lead role, took in a whopping $2.9 million over nine performances last week

Muscling in: Spider-Man the musical, starring Reeve Carney in the lead 役割, took in a whopping $2.9 million over nine 業績／成果s last week

But two years on, the musical has become a cash machine.

によれば the Broadway League, the result 粉々にするs the old 記録，記録的な／記録する held by 'Wicked,' which last January 記録，記録的な／記録するd the then-highest one-week take on Broadway with a $2.2 million 運ぶ／漁獲高 over eight shows. 'Wicked' took in $2.7 million over nine shows.

The Christmas-through-New Year’s period 伝統的に is a bountiful one for Broadway, with many shows setting new house 記録，記録的な／記録するs. But the 運ぶ／漁獲高 for Spider-Man 最高の，を越すs by a wide 利ざや the previous high of $2,228,235 始める，決める by perennial performer Wicked last season. Wicked this year （機の）カム in a の近くに second in the holiday 火刑／賭けるs, 甚だしい／１２ダースing $2,712,535.

Scaling new heights: The stunt-heavy musical cost a staggering $75million to make. Most Broadway musicals cost between $5 million and $15 million

規模ing new 高さs: The stunt-激しい musical cost a staggering $75million to make. Most Broadway musicals cost between $5 million and $15 million

Also topping the $2 million 示す was Disney’s long-running blockbuster The Lion King with $2,444,132, and Hugh Jackman, 支援する on Broadway, which earned $2,056,957 in its の近くにing week.

In the final week of 業績／成果s before Daniel Radcliffe 出口d the 生産／産物, the 復活 of How to 後継する in 商売／仕事 Without Really Trying was not far behind with $1,910,224, while The 調書をとる／予約する of Mormon, playing in a 意味ありげに smaller house, followed with $1,752,601.

Back on Broadway: Hugh Jackman's one-man show earned $2,056,957 in its closing week

支援する on Broadway: Hugh Jackman's one-man show earned $2,056,957 in its の近くにing week

For the 生産者s of Spider-Man, they are already thinking of ways to continue recouping the money spent on putting up the show. Most Broadway musicals cost between $5 million and $15 million.

They're hoping to attract repeat 訪問者s by 追加するing 付加 scenes and 会社にする／組み込むing a new song each year.

There's also talk of "Spider-Man" 拡大するing to other cities.

'The one thing about the brand of 'Spider-Man,' is it's not going to 満了する／死ぬ,' 生産者 Jeremiah Harris told the New York Times.

'If we show up in London five years from now, no one's going to say it's an old 所有物／資産／財産.'