Good Night and Good Luck, starring George Clooney, broke the record for highest weekly gross for a play last week, with an eye-popping $3.3 million.

That total was brought in across only seven preview performances, and bests the record set by Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhall. Othello initially broke the record for highest grossing play the week of March 3, with $2.8 million, and then broke its own record the following week with $2.82 million.

Good Night and Good Luck achieved the new record with an average ticket price of $302.07 and capacity of 101 percent at the Winter Garden Theater. The play, which sees Clooney play the journalist Edward R. Murrow as he takes aim at Senator Joseph McCarthy, broke the record during its second week of previews and is scheduled to open April 3. The Winter Garden Theater has a larger capacity, at 1,545 seats, than the Ethel Barrymore , where Othello is playing, with 1,043 seats, giving it an advantage in total achievable gross. But Othello also held a number of press previews during that week, with comped tickets, and opened Sunday, in an entirely comped performance, bringing down its total gross. The Shakespearean play brought in $2.53 million last week, down close to $300,000 from the prior week, with an average ticket price of $303.15.Both have high premium ticket prices (the highest ticket price for the show), with $775 for Good Night, and Good Luck and $897 for Othello.

Othello received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with The Hollywood Reporters David Rooney praising the swaggering authority of Washington as Othello on stage, but declaring that there was little evidence of a driving force behind his performance, which is symptomatic of the production overall. This could impact the shows grosses moving forward, but may not move the needle if tickets have already been bought for the 15-week engagement and customerscontinue to pay for a chance to see Washington and Gyllenhaal on stage.

The $3.3 million gross made Good Night and Good Luck the highest grossing show on Broadway last week, coming in above the stalwart of Wicked, which brought in $2.545 million. Othello was the third highest grossing show in the industry, even with the comped tickets, followed by Glengarry Glen Ross, with $2.1 million, and Hamilton with $2.07 million.

More to come.