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Blizzard Cancellations Pull Broadway Weekly Grosses Down 17% To $26 Million

The decline reflects storm-related cancellations of Sunday and Monday evening performances.

Overview

  • Broadway grossed $26,036,589 for the week ending March 1 with 221,567 tickets sold and a $117.51 average ticket, down 17.49% in grosses and 8.45% in attendance week over week, according to The Broadway League.
  • Evening shows on February 22 and 23 were canceled due to a blizzard, and 24 of 27 productions posted box-office declines compared with the prior week.
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child led the slate at $2.16 million despite one fewer performance, and it posted a high average ticket price of about $190.
  • Daniel Radcliffe’s Every Brilliant Thing neared the $1 million mark at roughly $980,815 across seven performances, selling about 98% of seats despite a weather loss.
  • Chicago continued its resurgence with Whitney Leavitt, grossing about $1.18 million on seven shows with roughly 98% of seats filled, as the season-to-date total rose to about $1.452 billion, up roughly 7% year over year.