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‘Ragtime’ Closes Out a Record Week on Broadway at Lincoln Center; ‘Paranormal Activity’ Sells Out Early Previews
The Lincoln Center Theater revival ‘Ragtime’ posted a reported $1.96 million in its final eight performances, setting a house milestone in its last week. Separately, ‘Paranormal Activity’ sold out the first four preview performances, according to a Broadway box office report.
Broadway’s revival of Ragtime ended its run Sunday with reported record-setting box office results at Lincoln Center Theater. In its final week, the production posted a reported total gross of $1,963,666 for its last eight performances, breaking its own box office record and becoming, according to the report, the highest-grossing Broadway show in Lincoln Center Theater history.
The production is directed by Lear deBessonet, whose Lincoln Center Theater leadership is noted in the report as part of the staging and creative direction for the revival. The closing run, which concluded on Sunday, marked the end of the musical’s engagement at the venue.
The report also described early strong demand for another Broadway title, Paranormal Activity. The show sold out the first four preview performances, reflecting brisk audience interest as it moved deeper into the preview period.
Taken together, the figures underscore how quickly audience behavior can tighten around opening and closing dates on Broadway, with end-of-run momentum still translating into high receipts for the remaining performances of Ragtime at Lincoln Center Theater. In the same box office update, Paranormal Activity’s early sold-out status for the first set of previews pointed to continued household-name interest in the theater’s next wave of shows.
Beyond the headline totals, the box office snapshot offers a window into how Broadway’s commercial ecosystem tracks performance by performance during critical scheduling windows. For theaters and producers, those results can affect casting and operational planning, ticket inventory decisions, and how marketing is timed through the end of a run or the acceleration of a preview calendar.
For audiences, the combined news also highlights the practical impact of limited seat availability during transitional periods, including the final week of a long-running title and the earliest stages of a show’s return to fully scheduled performances.
Details on the exact venue count, the remaining running schedule, and any subsequent weeks’ topline grosses were not included in the provided report beyond the figures for Ragtime’s final eight performances and Paranormal Activity’s sold-out first four previews.
Why It Matters
- Ragtime’s reported closing-week gross indicates strong consumer demand can persist through the final performances of a Broadway production.
- Lincoln Center Theater’s internal box office milestone can influence how future revival projects are evaluated by producers and theater leadership.
- Sold-out early previews for Paranormal Activity suggest demand can tighten quickly during the preview window, affecting ticket availability for last-minute buyers.
- The reported results provide a short-term economic snapshot of Broadway’s theater-by-theater performance cycle during late-week scheduling decisions.
Key Facts
- Ragtime’s final eight performances at Lincoln Center Theater reportedly grossed $1,963,666.
- The report says Ragtime broke its own box office record and became the highest-grossing Broadway show in Lincoln Center Theater history.
- Ragtime is directed by Lear deBessonet.
- Paranormal Activity sold out the first four preview performances, according to the Broadway box office report.
- The updates were published as part of a Broadway box office summary dated August 18, 2026.