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Daniel Craig’s A Steady Rain boosts Broadway box office
Craig and Jackman play lands in top three
Written by Devin Zydel on 22 Sep, 2009
Daniel Craig
The presence of both Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman proved to be a recipe for success in the just-released Broadway play A Steady Rain.
According to Variety, the gritty drama was a huge success, making it’s way into the top three at Broadway’s box office last week.
Opening at Manhattan’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, A Steady Rain grossed a stunning $1,167,954 for eight performances in the production’s first full week on the boards—it proved to be a new house total for the theatre.
As Variety notes, it’s quite a rare occurrence for a non-musical to crack the top 10, much less the top three. Craig and Jackman knocked Jersey Boys ($1,126,009) out of the number three slot, landing behind Wicked ($1,441,683) and Billy Elliot ($1,342,233). The average ticket price paid for the play was $136.
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