U2's Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Musical Becomes Box Office Hit

U2-scored musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has become a box office smash after its first week of release.

Despite being hit by a series of delays the musical, which opened on Broadway on June 14, has generated over $1.7 million (£1.06m) in ticket sales over the last week, reports the Associated Press.

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is now the third most popular musical on Broadway behind Wicked and The Lion King.

U2's Bono and The Edge have also written new songs for the revamped production which has been nine years in the making.

Meanwhile, U2 frontman Bono has admitted he felt “sick with nerves” before the Irish band headlined last weekend's Glastonbury festival in Somerset.

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Musical