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Top Grossing Broadway Shows of 1996

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MAJESTIC
$35,801,260
$55
656,450
0
415
415
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PALACE
$33,473,004
$53
630,590
0
416
416
VICTOR/VICTORIA MARQUIS
$32,308,665
$61
531,064
0
415
415
SHOW BOAT GERSHWIN
$31,524,737
$51
620,938
0
417
417
SUNSET BOULEVARD MINSKOFF
$30,172,071
$53
575,341
0
414
414
MISS SAIGON BROADWAY
$26,757,384
$42
630,560
0
415
415
LES MISÉRABLES - ORIGINAL IMPERIAL
$25,061,889
$46
546,499
0
414
414
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM ST. JAMES
$24,143,391
$57
425,246
35
292
327
CATS WINTER GARDEN
$21,653,139
$43
497,454
0
416
416
THE KING AND I NEIL SIMON
$21,521,902
$57
379,794
27
300
327
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE VIRGINIA
$19,717,687
$49
400,649
0
415
415
RENT NEDERLANDER
$18,358,358
$52
353,103
16
280
296
BRING IN DA NOISE BRING IN DA FUNK AMBASSADOR
$15,328,756
$49
308,841
15
288
303
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING 95/96 RICHARD RODGERS
$10,859,845
$42
255,222
0
224
224
Master Class 1995 Golden
$10,277,872
$38
271,542
0
365
365
BIG SHUBERT
$9,736,877
$42
229,895
22
193
215
AN IDEAL HUSBAND ETHEL BARRYMORE
$7,038,697
$35
199,964
7
275
282
A DELICATE BALANCE PLYMOUTH
$6,066,345
$32
190,963
27
185
212
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES MARTIN BECK
$6,033,691
$60
100,217
21
55
76
MOON OVER BUFFALO MARTIN BECK
$5,610,209
$31
177,361
0
204
204
DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN HELEN HAYES
$5,591,107
$38
147,697
0
301
301
CHICAGO RICHARD RODGERS
$5,233,869
$54
95,959
25
53
78
SKYLIGHT ROYALE
$4,514,236
$42
107,557
12
116
128
SEVEN GUITARS WALTER KERR
$4,341,182
$34
130,145
13
188
201
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR BOOTH
$3,731,603
$36
102,738
5
228
233
STATE FAIR MUSIC BOX
$2,926,843
$40
73,138
8
110
118
INHERIT THE WIND 1996 ROYALE
$2,883,421
$44
65,270
42
45
87
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM LUNT-FONTANNE
$2,731,254
$41
67,830
13
65
78
HUGHIE CIRCLE
$2,673,972
$51
51,569
28
56
84
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS BROADHURST
$1,833,284
$50
35,913
35
12
47
TAKING SIDES BROOKS ATKINSON
$1,723,675
$26
67,592
15
85
100
PRESENT LAUGHTER 1996-1997 WALTER KERR
$1,670,479
$34
48,811
28
47
75
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA CRITERION
$1,540,907
$36
43,376
18
69
87
HELLO DOLLY! LUNT-FONTANNE
$1,480,896
$42
35,168
0
32
32
SEX AND LONGING CORT
$1,474,936
$23
65,593
30
46
76
BURIED CHILD BROOKS ATKINSON
$1,361,820
$23
59,056
14
72
86
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER BROADHURST
$1,254,380
$33
37,811
29
17
46
SUMMER AND SMOKE CRITERION
$1,194,418
$33
36,681
22
53
75
THE FATHER CRITERION
$1,074,469
$30
31,741
12
52
64
A THOUSAND CLOWNS 1996 CRITERION
$1,019,814
$29
34,601
38
32
70
JUAN DARIEN VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$979,747
$26
37,884
20
41
61
THE REHEARSAL CRITERION
$962,190
$32
29,919
25
42
67
BUS STOP CIRCLE
$650,106
$21
31,842
21
29
50
CRAZY FOR YOU SHUBERT
$383,733
$43
9,006
0
8
8
IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$334,458
$22
15,032
2
14
16
TARTUFFE 1997 CIRCLE
$321,371
$19
17,029
25
29
54
FOOL MOON 1995-1996 AMBASSADOR
$302,319
$39
7,774
0
8
8
GOD SAID "HA" LYCEUM
$286,310
$25
11,388
11
22
33
SWINGING ON A STAR MUSIC BOX
$155,903
$28
5,652
0
15
15
HOLIDAY CIRCLE
$147,059
$11
6,518
0
16
16
THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL LYCEUM
$98,544
$19
5,256
19
1
20
JACK: A NIGHT ON THE TOWN WITH JOHN BARRYMORE BELASCO
$73,498
$21
3,513
4
12
16


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