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Long running West End musicals The Lion King and Wicked have announced record box office figures for 2010. The Lion King, at the Lyceum Theatre, reported takings of more than £34 million during the year, an increase of £2 million on 2009 and the highest annual box office results of any production in West End history!

Meanwhile, at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, Wicked enjoyed its highest ever grossing week at the end of December, taking over £1 million with attendances of over 20,000. Overall box office takings for the year are said to be up by more than £3 million on 2009 - in excess of £30 million - with more than 800,000 theatregoers attended Wicked performances during 2010.

The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre

Show Celebrates Highest Weekly Attendance!

The Lion King completed 2010 with a mighty box office roar after consecutive sold-out shows saw records tumble for the highest weekly attendance in the musical's history - with 18,959 people watching nine fantastic performances.

With the sweeping score from Elton John, not forgetting some colourful staging and an enchanting story based closely on the fantastic Disney film, the Lion King's successful West End reign continues unchallenged into 2011.

Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Executive Producer Hails Extraordinary Year!

Executive producer Michael McCabe hailed another incredible 12 months for Wicked: “2010 proved to be an extraordinary year. As well as enjoying our highest grossing year to date, we also won several prestigious awards, raised funds for The Woodland Trust and the St John Ambulance ‘Teach the Difference’ project and we were enormously proud to launch the Wicked Young Writers’ Award”.

Based on the novel 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West', this spellbinding musical acts as the prequel to 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', revealing the untold story of sorcery student Elphaba - who grows up to become the misunderstood Wicked Witch - and her fight against the charlatan Wizard's corrupt rule over the magical land.

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