Underestimated Pretty Woman’s box-office potential? Big mistake. Big. Huge!
The new musical adaptation of the 1990 comedy broke the house record for an eight-performance week at the Nederlander Theatre for a second time, taking in $1,155,322 in the week ending August 26. The show, which officially opened August 16, surpassed its own milestone week that was set in the week of August 12.
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Perennial favorite Hamilton led the pack with $3,249,628, followed by the Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly!, which ended its run at the Shubert Theatre with a gross of $2,342,741 (122.53 percent of its potential) in its final week—its highest since the January conclusion of Bette Midler's initial stint in the production.