The spectacular, which opened to scathing reviews last year (11) following multiple delays and safety issues, grabbed the record for the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history on Tuesday (04Jan11) thanks to post-Christmas ticket sales of over ?1.8 million.
The previous record holder, Wicked, took in ?1.4 million a year ago (Jan11) and ironically the Wizard of Oz spin-off had another huge end to the year, raking in over ?1.7 million from nine shows last week (ends01Jan12).
Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is Broadway's costliest production ever.