The following is a list of highest-grossing

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productions of all time, the highest-grossing musical theatre franchises, and the highest theatre admissions at the box office.

Highest-grossing musical theatre productions

The following is a list of the top 25 highest-grossing

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musicals since 1982, based on data collected by

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. These grosses do not take into account the effects of

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and as such the list is heavily skewed in favor of more recent Broadway shows. Moreover, the Broadway League did not begin collecting gross data until June 1984. Hence, accurate pre-1984 gross data is not available and this list should not be considered accurate for musicals that premiered on Broadway before that year. ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it ...

'' sits at the top, with a Broadway gross of $1.6 billion. Dates refer to original Broadway productions, with notes added for future productions that outran the Broadway run. :

Highest-grossing musical theatre franchises

The following is a list of the top 10 highest-grossing

franchises worldwide based on limited available data. The following figures include revenue grossed from ticket sales in theatres across the world. Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account rising ticket prices. As such, the list gives far more weight to more recent musicals. ''

'' sits at the top, with a gross of $8.2 billion worldwide.

Box office admissions (ticket sales)

The following is a list of the musical theatre franchises with the highest theatre admissions. The list includes worldwide ticket sales as well as Broadway ticket sales since 1984. Shows must have sold more than 1 million tickets.

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did not begin collecting admissions data until June 1984. Hence, pre-1984 Broadway admissions data is not available and the Broadway figures should not be considered accurate for musicals that premiered on Broadway before that year. :

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