Good Night, and Good Luck” grossed $3.3 million last week, breaking a record that was set earlier this month by Denzel Washington’s “Othello.”

George Clooney, the son of a journalist, makes his Broadway debut this spring to tell the story of pioneering CBS News reporter Edward R. Murrow in an adaptation of his 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, And Good Luck, the new play at the Winter Garden Theatre co-written by and starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut, shattered the weekly box office record for a play last week by grossing $3,