 Since its opening in 2003 , the original Broadway production of Wicked has broken the house record at the Gershwin Theatre twenty times . It regularly grosses in excess of $ 1 @.@ 6 million each week , making it one of the most lucrative productions on Broadway . With a $ 14 million capitalization , the Broadway production took 15 months to break even , earning back its initial investment by December 21 , 2004 . In its first year , it grossed more than $ 56 million . In the week ending January 1 , 2006 , Wicked broke the record , previously held by the musical The Producers , for the highest weekly box office gross in Broadway history , earning $ 1 @,@ 610 @,@ 934 . It has gone on to break its own record numerous times , reaching $ 1 @,@ 715 @,@ 155 in November 2006 , $ 1 @,@ 839 @,@ 950 , during the 2007 Christmas week , $ 2 @,@ 086 @,@ 135 for the week ending November 29 , 2009 , $ 2 @,@ 125 @,@ 740 just a few weeks later for the eight performances ending January 3 , 2010 , and over $ 2 @.@ 2 million in the week ending January 2 , 2011 . In the first week of 2012 , the Broadway production broke a record again , earning $ 2 @.@ 7 million . Wicked once again broke this record in the final week of 2012 when it grossed $ 2 @.@ 9 million . In the final weekend of 2013 , Wicked became the first musical to gross $ 3 million in one week . 
