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The Lion King breaks its own tickets record
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
The Lion King in London has broken its own record for ticket sales, earning more than £34 million in 2010, it has been revealed.
This beats the £32 million generated in 2009 and represents a greater sum than any other musical has achieved in a 12-month period.
Audience totals reached more than 820,000, meaning that some nine million people have now seen the show at the Lyceum Theatre since it opened there in 1999.
Last month, the cast and crew celebrated The Lion King's 11th West End birthday, which saw it become the ninth longest-running production in London's history.
The Lion King tells the story of Simba, a cub who is heir to Pride Rock. However, his world is turned upside down when his father King Mufasa is killed and his evil uncle Scar leads him to believe he was responsible.
Simba runs away and grows up, but later finds that Pride Rock has been ravaged by Scar and his hyena minions - will he go back and seek his rightful place as king?
