20 Highest-Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time Revealed (with Three Musicals Topping $1 Billion)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Plaza Suite,” the hot-ticket Neil Simon revival that stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, has been a box office juggernaut since debuting last spring. The show has become the third-highest grossing play revival in Broadway history, generating $26.4 million in ticket sales as of last weekend. That ranks just behind the 2014 revival of “It’s Only a Play,” which netted $34.3 million, as well as the 2005 revival of “The Odd Couple” with its $28.9 million gross.

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Top Gun: Maverick has hit another big milestone, surpassing $1billion (£813million) at the global box office.The new sequel, which follows on from Tom Cruise’s 1986 blockbuster, has now overtaken Marvel‘s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness to become the highest-grossing film of the year, and is now Cruise’s first film to pass the billion mark.It is also only the second film to pass the mark since the pandemic, alongside last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.Maverick began breaking records upon its release last month, achieving the highest-grossing opening on its debut weekend for a non-superhero film since COVID-19, taking in $248million (£196million) when it opened.The film follows Cruise’s character Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell three decades after the events of the original film, as he trains up a new group of young pilots while confronting his past.Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly also star, the former taking on the role of Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw, the son of Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw.Speaking recently about performing stunts for the film, Teller admitted recently that he thought he was “going to die”.“I think when there’s that much adrenaline and a healthy bit of fear, I was able to hold [vomit] down. I guess that’s a secret skill I have,” he told LADBible.“If anything I think it made me really appreciate how nice it is not to have to, you know, go 500 knots an hour all the time,” he added of his new appreciation for commercial flights.

With the end nearing for some of Broadway’s limited engagements and the annual post-Tony Awards ax-fallings, the roster of summertime departures is heating up along with the temperatures. From the planned end-dates of American Buffalo and Plaza Suite to unexpected closing announcements for Company and Dear Evan Hansen, options for Broadway ticketbuyers will thin out before the fall brings its new bounty.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterParamount’s all-American blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” is still flying high at the box office, crossing the coveted $1 billion over the weekend.With those ticket sales, the movie has overtaken Disney’s Marvel adventure “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($943 million) as the highest-grossing movie of the year at the global box office.Prior to this weekend, the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 action flick “Top Gun” was already the highest-grossing movie of the year at the domestic box office, with revenues currently at $521 million.

There are big movies, and there are box office behemoths.

will open on Broadway in 2023, producers announced Wednesday.Sources told The Post that next spring the time-traveling DeLorean will land at the Winter Garden Theatre, where “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman is currently waiting for the Wells Fargo Wagon.Wolverine will depart when his contract expires, and the oh-so-bankable star will not be recast, a source close to the production said. Makes sense.

The West End hit musical Back to the Future will, as widely expected, get a Broadway staging in 2023, producers confirmed in a tweet today.

The Broadway League has revealed a new mask policy for those attending a Broadway show in July 2022.

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Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow are still on very good terms.  In an interview for Paltrow’s website Goop, the exes discuss their past relationship and how they’ve been able to maintain a healthy, strong friendship.The duo was together in 1994 before calling off their engagement in 1997. During the interview, Paltrow mentioned her late father – who died in 2002 – and how "excited" he was to have Pitt as a son-in-law "though we didn't get married, unfortunately," Paltrow said to Pitt. Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt still have a lot of love for each other as Pitt admitted he still "loves" his ex-fiancee.

Brad Pitt has spoken candidly about his relationship with ex-fiancée Gwyneth Paltrow, over 20 years later, and how “lovely” it is that they’ve stayed friends. The former couple reflected on how they’ve maintained a close connection over the years during a recent interview on Paltrow’s Goop website. The actors were together from 1994 to 1997, before calling off their engagement.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt recently reunited for a Goop conversationand proved that they are friendly exes!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Top Gun: Maverick” soared past $400 million at the domestic box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year in the U.S.With $401.8 million in North American ticket sales, Tom Cruise’s patriotic blockbuster has surpassed “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($398 million) to claim the No. 1 spot.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt recently reunited for a Goop conversation and proved that they are friendly exes!During the interview, which is centered around Pitt’s Goop-approved cashmere brand, the A-list actors reflects on their time together. Paltrow -- who got engaged to Pitt in 1996 -- recalls a special moment she had with her father, Bruce Paltrow, who really loved Pitt. In the spirt of Father’s Day, the actress asks the star to talk about the special bond he had with the late director. “I’ll never forget when we were engaged and he came to me one day, his eyes full of tears, and he said, ‘You know, I never really realized what they mean when they say you’re gaining a son. Like, I’m gaining a son. What impact did he have on you? Why did you love him, even though we didn’t get married, unfortunately," she asks Pitt. After Pitt jokes about “everything working out,” Paltrow is quick on her feet with a cheeky response.

Blast from the past! Gwyneth Paltrow and former fiancé Brad Pitt reflected on their relationship in a rare interview, proving friendly exes aren’t a thing of the past.

In its 18th day of release, Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has crossed the four century mark at the domestic box office or $401.8M, easily becoming the highest grossing movie year to date in 2022 at the domestic box office, and the second highest-grossing movie of the pandemic after Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($804.7M).