Producers of Wicked say the theatrical blockbuster has grossed over $1 billion (Dh3.67 billion) on Broadway, joining only The Lion King and The Phantom of the Opera to that mark but faster than either rival.
The show, which opened in 2003 based on novelist Gregory Maguire’s fanciful Wizard of Oz prequel, took just 12 years to reach $1 billion. The Lion King, which opened in 1997, reached that mark in 2013. The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in New York in 1988, reached $1 billion last year.
With a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, Wicked has been one of Broadway’s biggest success stories since it arrived in 2003 starring Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda and Idina Menzel as Elphaba.
Worldwide, Wicked has amassed nearly $4 billion in global sales and has been seen by nearly 50 million people.
