 Wicked played to more than 2 million visitors in Chicago with a gross of over $ 200 million, making it the highest-grossing show in Chicago history by June 2007. With an opening-week gross of $ 1,400,000, it continually set records and became the longest-running Broadway musical in Chicago history. Producer David Stone told Variety, "we thought it [the Chicago production] would run 18 months, then we 'd spend a year in Los Angeles and six months in San Francisco ... but sales stayed so strong that the producers created another road show and kept the show running in Chicago." In addition, over 2.2 million saw the touring production in its first two years, which grossed over $ 155 million The Los Angeles production grossed over $ 145 million and was seen by more than 1.8 million patrons. Over the 672 performances of the San Francisco production, Wicked sold over 1 million tickets with a cumulative gross of over $ 75 million. While the Broadway production of Wicked welcomed its 5 millionth audience member on September 29, 2010,
