Lea Michele's Funny Girl breaks all-time Broadway box office record with over $2M in ONE WEEK

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Lea Michele's Funny Girl has broken a Broadway all-time box office record.The former Glee star, who took over the role of Fanny Brice in July, saved the show from critically panned star Beanie Feldstein.The Broadway revival's gross for the eight-performance ending December 18 was $2,005,696.80, which is the highest gross for the production and for August Wilson Theatre, according to Just Jared.

The latest: Lea Michele's Funny Girl has broken a Broadway all-time box office recordFunny Girl broke the record previously set by Mean Girls, which had a house record of $1,994,386 - from 2018.Lea's first performance was on September 6, after taking over the role from Beanie Feldstein.

After it was announced that Lea would step into the role, tickets for her show immediately skyrocketed.Beanie announced she was leaving Funny Girl earlier than expected on July 31 instead of September 25 - with understudy Julie Benko taking over until Lea's start in September.

The star: The Broadway revival's gross for the eight-performance ending December 18 was $2,005,696.80, which is the highest gross for the production and for August Wilson Theatre, according to Just Jared In July and August, tickets for the show were selling for only $69, with week day shows for $49, according to Seat Geek.After Lea's joining of the show was announced, tickets were going for $570 to $2,500, and not including the $500 service fee.Although it was initially announced that Beanie would leave the show on September 25, she fired up her Instagram in mid-July and shocked her fans by declaring that she would in fact be exiting the show early at the end of that month.