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Broadway Box Office Drops 17% to $26M for Week Ending March 1 After Blizzard Cancellations

Blizzard cancellations drove the dip in an otherwise seasonally strong year.

Overview

  • Twenty-seven productions grossed $26,036,589 on 221,567 tickets, with average price at $117.51 and overall capacity at 87.76%, according to The Broadway League.
  • Evening performances on February 22 and 23 were canceled due to a NYC blizzard, affecting titles including Chicago, Every Brilliant Thing, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Six, and The Great Gatsby.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child led the week with $2,159,398 and an average ticket price of $190.39.
  • Daniel Radcliffe’s Every Brilliant Thing, still in previews and down one performance to the storm, earned $980,814.60, putting it just shy of the $1 million benchmark ahead of its March 12 opening.
  • Season-to-date grosses stand at about $1.45 billion, roughly 7% ahead of last year, keeping Broadway on pace to challenge the current record by season’s end.