What Broadway shows were films first?

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Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Jekyll and Hyde, Big, Victor Victoria, Footloose, Sunset Boulevard, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas were all movies before they were Broadway musicals.

You might count these as well:
Wicked and The Wiz are loosely based on The Wizard of Oz. Seussical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss, many of which were movies prior to the musical's opening. Spamalot is a musical adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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