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"Phantom of the Opera" Sinks "Titanic"
The British composer's Phantom of the Opera has been named the most commercially successful entertainment show of the century, topping all other stage productions and films.
With more than $3 billion in ticket sales since its 1986 launch, the musical has raked in more than Hollywood's worldwide box-office champ Titanic ($1 billion). It also easily bests the likes of Star Wars and E.T.
"I am amazed, delighted and surprised and we haven't even started on the film yet," gushed Lloyd Webber in a statement.
The musical has been staged in 91 cities in 15 countries. (Its Broadway incarnation has been running since 1988.) Its soundtrack has sold more than 25 million units.
And then there's the matter of the feature film. Long in the planning stages, Oscar-nominated director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) is said to moving along on the project. But reps for Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Company say no script has yet been approved. The latest reports have The Mask of Zorro star Antonio Banderas donning yet another mask to play the leading role originated on the London stage by Michael Crawford.
Based on the classic novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, the musical tells the tragic love story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, falls in love with an unattainable woman and seeks revenge for his broken heart.
In other Lloyd Webber news, his 1970s smash rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, is set to make its Broadway resurrection in April, joining the theater legend's other long-running Broadway hits, Cats and (of course) Phantom.
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