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By Anslem Samuel | Published January 27, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

SWINGING DOWN BROADWAY Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark may have gotten a negative reception from critics and bad publicity for several injured actors during production, but the controversial play did extremely well at the box office. During the first full week of 2011, the play had the highest box-office gross on Broadway, with a total of $1,588,514. Turn Off The Dark continued its New Year revenue run in 2012 as well. The Broadway League reported that throughout the first week of 2012, the play earned $2,941,790 over nine performances, setting a record for the highest single-week gross of any show in Broadway history.

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Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark may have gotten a negative reception from critics…

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