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Top Grossing Broadway Shows of 1997

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MAJESTIC
$36,658,740
$58
631,325
0
416
416
CHICAGO SHUBERT
$33,327,636
$55
603,797
0
414
414
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST PALACE
$30,227,497
$52
583,008
0
416
416
RENT NEDERLANDER
$28,653,737
$57
499,288
0
416
416
MISS SAIGON BROADWAY
$25,573,008
$44
581,132
0
416
416
LES MISÉRABLES - ORIGINAL IMPERIAL
$25,072,048
$47
534,913
0
411
411
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM ST. JAMES
$24,284,239
$49
489,657
0
415
415
TITANIC LUNT-FONTANNE
$23,914,182
$54
430,903
26
284
310
THE KING AND I NEIL SIMON
$22,868,223
$50
453,138
0
416
416
CATS WINTER GARDEN
$22,010,946
$45
486,490
0
416
416
BRING IN DA NOISE BRING IN DA FUNK AMBASSADOR
$21,343,484
$50
422,084
0
415
415
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE VIRGINIA
$18,620,861
$47
400,447
0
416
416
JEKYLL AND HYDE PLYMOUTH
$16,932,288
$58
290,216
45
280
325
VICTOR/VICTORIA MARQUIS
$15,965,717
$53
298,399
0
240
240
ANNIE - 1997 MARTIN BECK
$12,836,836
$51
253,160
14
239
253
THE LIFE ETHEL BARRYMORE
$12,700,816
$51
248,211
21
282
303
THE LION KING NEW AMSTERDAM
$8,254,191
$57
143,708
33
54
87
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO HELEN HAYES
$7,965,570
$46
169,278
24
348
372
Forever Tango 1997-1998 WALTER KERR
$7,463,935
$46
162,016
4
220
224
BARRYMORE MUSIC BOX
$6,566,575
$38
174,965
12
236
248
A DOLL'S HOUSE BELASCO
$6,495,976
$45
143,989
8
150
158
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS BROADHURST
$6,158,445
$44
139,001
0
176
176
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL MINSKOFF
$6,016,770
$46
133,428
39
57
96
STEEL PIER RICHARD RODGERS
$5,587,523
$47
120,530
33
76
109
SUNSET BOULEVARD MINSKOFF
$5,501,793
$43
126,902
0
96
96
CANDIDE GERSHWIN
$5,065,916
$34
146,016
10
104
114
1776 GERSHWIN
$4,963,847
$45
117,061
34
141
175
SIDE SHOW RICHARD RODGERS
$3,876,756
$38
105,052
31
83
114
TRIUMPH OF LOVE ROYALE
$3,429,354
$46
75,499
30
77
107
DREAM: THE JOHNNY MERCER MUSICAL ROYALE
$3,311,853
$39
84,598
24
109
133
Master Class 1995 Golden
$2,767,934
$28
96,882
0
172
172
AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER CORT
$2,712,516
$30
93,476
27
89
116
PRESENT LAUGHTER 1996-1997 WALTER KERR
$2,664,493
$32
84,524
0
128
128
IVANOV VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$2,590,865
$35
75,415
31
43
74
THE GIN GAME LYCEUM
$2,260,537
$28
81,779
19
145
164
THE CAPEMAN MARQUIS
$2,211,100
$55
39,826
28
0
28
DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN BOOTH
$2,150,025
$36
59,149
0
134
134
PROPOSALS BROADHURST
$1,871,439
$44
43,444
10
61
71
THE LITTLE FOXES VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$1,759,936
$27
65,952
27
57
84
THREE SISTERS CRITERION
$1,708,904
$39
43,322
26
61
87
LONDON ASSURANCE CRITERION
$1,493,967
$37
39,976
14
72
86
PLAY ON! BROOKS ATKINSON
$1,402,692
$23
61,278
19
61
80
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK MUSIC BOX
$1,382,904
$41
33,546
15
29
44
THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD BOOTH
$1,369,699
$36
38,445
11
45
56
THE YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA LONGACRE
$1,340,187
$27
50,356
17
84
101
JACKIE: AN AMERICAN LIFE BELASCO
$1,204,964
$34
36,791
34
56
90
STANLEY CIRCLE
$1,197,565
$24
48,320
18
77
95
THE CHERRY ORCHARD MARTIN BECK
$800,000
$62
13,000
1
12
13
THE SUNSHINE BOYS LYCEUM
$779,330
$39
19,681
12
24
36
SHOW BOAT GERSHWIN
$723,344
$57
12,735
0
8
8
AN IDEAL HUSBAND ETHEL BARRYMORE
$716,644
$34
20,956
0
32
32
KING DAVID NEW AMSTERDAM
$677,313
$53
12,745
3
6
9
STREET CORNER SYMPHONY BROOKS ATKINSON
$674,396
$17
40,719
25
38
63
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 1997-1998 CRITERION
$649,261
$38
17,234
23
17
40
MANDY PATINKIN LYCEUM
$563,627
$46
12,229
0
16
16
RAGTIME 1997-2000 FORD CENTER
$455,674
$63
7,235
4
0
4
MEN ARE FROM MARS WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS GERSHWIN
$358,316
$32
11,336
0
7
7
JUAN DARIEN VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$207,382
$33
6,237
0
8
8
THE REHEARSAL CRITERION
$185,522
$29
6,287
0
13
13
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR BOOTH
$124,771
$32
3,914
0
6
6
EUGENE ONEGIN MARTIN BECK
$97,542
$0
4,047
0
7
7
IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE VIVIAN BEAUMONT
$75,589
$25
3,059
0
3
3


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