As it turns out, "all rise" applies to box office figures as well.
The Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird grossed $2,018,314—141 percent of its potential—in the week ending June 23, marking the first time an American play has surpassed $2 million in a single week. The tally tops the play's previous box office record of $1,950,347 (from the week prior).
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The play, adapted by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jeff Daniels, opened in December last year, playing to Standing Room Only since. Earlier this month, Celia Keenan-Bolger earned a Tony Award for her performance as Scout.
Among the frontrunners for the week was another straight play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which grossed 91 percent of its potential with $1,530,640. The two-part production holds the record for the highest-grossing Broadway play, having earned $2,525,850 in the final week of 2018.
