 Wicked played to more than 2 million visitors in Chicago with a gross of over $ 200 million , making it the highest @-@ grossing show in Chicago history by June 2007 . With an opening @-@ week gross of $ 1 @,@ 400 @,@ 000 , it continually set records and became the longest @-@ running Broadway musical in Chicago history . Producer David Stone told Variety , " we thought it [ the Chicago production ] would run 18 months , then we 'd spend a year in Los Angeles and six months in San Francisco ... but sales stayed so strong that the producers created another road show and kept the show running in Chicago . " In addition , over 2 @.@ 2 million saw the touring production in its first two years , which grossed over $ 155 million The Los Angeles production grossed over $ 145 million and was seen by more than 1 @.@ 8 million patrons . Over the 672 performances of the San Francisco production , Wicked sold over 1 million tickets with a cumulative gross of over $ 75 million . While the Broadway production of Wicked welcomed its 5 millionth audience member on September 29 , 2010 @,@  
