 International productions of Wicked have matched the extremely positive reception at the box @-@ office . Although West End theatres do not publish audited weekly grosses , the West End production of Wicked claimed to take the record for highest one @-@ week gross in December 2006 , taking £ 761 @,@ 000 in the week ending December 30 . On June 23 , 2008 , the producers reported that over 1 @.@ 4 million people had seen the London production since its opening , and grosses had topped £ 50 million ; The same reports stated that the show has consistently been one of the two highest @-@ grossing shows in the West End . For the week commencing December 27 , 2010 , the London production grossed £ 1 @,@ 002 @,@ 885 , the highest single @-@ week gross in West End theatre history , with over 20 @,@ 000 theatregoers attending the nine performances of Wicked that week . The Melbourne production broke Australian box @-@ office records , selling 24 @,@ 750 tickets in three hours during pre @-@ sales and grossing over $ 1 @.@ 3 million on the first business day after its official opening . On April 27 , 2009 , the production passed the milestone of 500 @,@ 000 patrons . When it transferred to Sydney , the production broke " all previous weekly box office records for a musical at the Capitol Theatre , grossing $ 1 @,@ 473 @,@ 775 @.@ 70 " in one week during October 2009 . 
