CHICAGO, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadway smash hit Wicked blew away the
competition as the top theater attraction in 2005, according to statistics
compiled by leading online premium tickets marketplace TicketsNow.
Now embarking on a nationwide tour of major cities, Wicked accounted for
27.9 percent of all Broadway tickets sold on TicketsNow.com, which is the
burgeoning industry's largest and most secure marketplace.

Wicked also
finished first in statistics including all entertainment events (theater,
sports, and concerts), with a 4.4 percent share.

Monty Python's Spamalot finished second in the theater ranking at 13.7
percent with The Lion King third at 9.5 percent.

Because TicketsNow is the largest single secondary market source of
tickets to all entertainment events (listing some 2 million tickets on its
site in any given day), the statistics provide a unique barometer on the
comparative popularity of entertainment attractions.

Top Year-End Theater Ticket Sales / % of Theater
1 Wicked 27.9%
2 Monty Python's Spamalot 13.9%
3 The Lion King 9.5%
4 Phantom of the Opera 4.1%
5 The Odd Couple 3.6%


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