NEW YORK — Very quietly, almost stealthily, a new king has been inaugurated on Broadway.

Box office figures released Monday show that “The Lion King” last week swiped the title of Broadway’s all-time highest grossing show from “The Phantom of the Opera.”

The cumulative gross for “The Lion King” is $853,846,062, according to the show’s numbers. Its chandelier-swinging rival’s cumulative total is $853,122,847, according to the musical’s publicist. The “Lion King” surged past “Phantom” after netting over $2 million at the box office for the week ending Sunday, while “Phantom” pulled in about $1.2 million.