Hugh Jackman benefits from Broadway box-office inflation
Hugh Jackman is back on Broadway this fall in a new concert show that is instructively titled "Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway." For his first week in preview performances, the star racked up an impressive box-office tally of $1.2 million, but a close inspection of the figures shows that Jackman is benefiting from a form of box-office inflation tied to unusually high ticket prices for a Broadway production.