The Lion King sets historic $1bn record for Broadway musical
Simba, Timon and gang muscle in on The Phantom of the Opera's $5.6bn worldwide grossThe producers of The Lion King might well be saying hakuna matata (no worries) for the rest of their days. This week, the Broadway musical will become the first in history to gross more than $1bn.As of Monday, when the last set of Broadway box office figures were released, the musical had taken in a total of $999.26m since its first p…