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Some Broadway shows top $1 million

For Broadway producers, Thanksgiving brought some extra trimmings this year. According to figures from the Broadway League, a dozen Broadway shows topped $1 million at the box office for the week ending Nov. 25 — the first time that’s happened all year. Perennial musical hits led the list: “Wicked” ($2.3 million), “The Lion King” ($2.1 million), “The Book of Mormon” ($1.8 million), and “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” ($1.78 million). The fifth slot went to the just-opened revival “Annie,” which took a stroll down Easy Street by selling $1.5 million in tickets, 105 percent of the show’s potential gross and a house record for the Palace Theatre. (Premium ticket charges spiked the average ticket price to $116, from $89 the week before.)