Broadway box office: Ragtime breaks record as Oh, Mary! sells out
Ragtime hit $1.625 million and Oh, Mary! returned to sell-out form as Broadway grosses rose 13% for the week ending July 26.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Broadway box office had a lively rebound in the week ending July 26, with Ragtime setting a new house record and Oh, Mary! returning to near-capacity business with Meg Stalter back for a full week, according to figures from The Broadway League.
The 30 Broadway productions grossed a combined $34,864,840, up about 13% from the previous week. Attendance reached 273,061, a 7% week-to-week rise and 11% above the same point last season, the League’s figures show.
The lift followed the annual softness around the July 4 period and came with gains across nearly the whole slate. Among the attention-grabbers: Ragtime, Oh, Mary! and the closing-week performance of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
How much did Ragtime make at the Broadway box office?
Ragtime grossed $1,625,400 for the week, breaking its own house record and marking the highest weekly gross in Lincoln Center Theater history, according to The Broadway League figures. The Tony-winning Best Musical Revival has been extended three times and is now scheduled to end performances on August 16.
Oh, Mary! also roared back at the Lyceum. Deadline reported that Stalter had missed some performances the prior week because of illness; with the star back for a full week, the show grossed $1,078,641 and played to a virtual sell-out.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ended its limited four-month run with its strongest week of the engagement. The production took in $1,183,148 and filled 99% of seats at the Ethel Barrymore, according to the League data.
Other sell-outs included Cats: The Jellicle Ball, which grossed $1,189,431 after its recently announced August 8 closing date; Death of a Salesman, which played its usual seven performances and earned $2,234,252; Hadestown at $907,358; Hamilton at $2,341,119; MJ at $1,933,319; and The Outsiders at $1,063,041.
A long list of shows landed between 90% and 99% of capacity, including & Juliet, Aladdin, Buena Vista Social Club, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Just in Time, Operation Mincemeat, Schmigadoon!, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, The Lost Boys and Wicked.
Every Brilliant Thing, now led by Tracee Ellis Ross, played to 90% capacity and rose by about $93,000 from the previous week to $454,088. The show remained below its highest-grossing weeks with Daniel Radcliffe and Mariska Hargitay in the solo role.
The week’s top earners were The Lion King with $2,428,755, Hamilton with $2,341,119, Death of a Salesman with $2,234,252, MJ with $1,933,319 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with $1,887,297.
The average Broadway ticket price across the 30 shows was $127.68. Only Hamilton and Death of a Salesman topped $200 on average, at $217.91 and $212.79, respectively. Ragtime came close at $192.95.
A few spring arrivals had a tougher week. The Rocky Horror Show grossed $817,231 at 88% capacity, dropping $227,522 from the prior frame and standing as the roster’s only downturn. Titanique posted $789,068 at 87% capacity, while Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) earned $608,134 at 79%.
Through the ninth week of the 2026-27 season, Broadway has grossed $317,835,701, down about 7% from the same point last year. Total attendance stands at 2,599,894, down 1%, according to The Broadway League.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.