‘Book of Mormon’ sets new one-week box office mark at Pantages
This post has been corrected. See note below.
Mormons in Africa apparently have elbowed aside witches in Oz to achieve what the Pantages Theatre claims is the highest one-week box office gross in L.A. theater history.
“The Book of Mormon” raked in $2,246,093 for the week ending Oct. 21, the Pantages announced Tuesday, but a theater spokesman declined to say what the previous record had been, citing a policy against spilling such beans.
A web search turned up an announcement by the producers of “Wicked” that it had taken in a Pantages record of $1,949,068 during the final week of 2008 to wrap up its nearly two-year run at the 2,703-seat Hollywood theater. That would come to $2.18 million in today’s dollars, so “The Book of Mormon” appears to be the new house champ even with the playing field leveled.
“The Book of Mormon” has a chance to outdo itself, because it runs through Nov. 25 before packing up to move to its next tour stop, San Francisco.
A smattering of seats still available for Friday night’s performance at midday Tuesday were selling for $82.40 to $314.70, according to the show’s ticketing site. The Pantages uses variable pricing, so totals can vary depending on which performance you buy and when you buy it.
For the record Oct 23, 3:05 p.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that “The Book of Mormon” moves to Des Moines after it closes in Los Angeles.
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