Broadway's Ragtime has closed out its run by setting a new box office record, taking $1.96 million in its final week — the fourth time the Tony-winning revival broke the record at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater, cementing it as the highest-grossing production in the venue's history. The milestone came in a week that also saw the arrival of a new production, Paranormal Activity, and a broader dip in Broadway takings as the summer tourist season winds down ahead of the autumn slate of openings.

Ragtime, starring Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz, ran from 16 October 2025 to 16 August 2026 and finished as the week's second-highest grosser behind Hamilton's $2.1 million, ahead of The Lion King ($1.89 million), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ($1.7 million) and MJ ($1.69 million). Paranormal Activity began previews at the August Wilson Theatre on 14 August with full houses across its first four performances, taking $422,257 at an average ticket price of $88, putting it on track for over $800,000 across a standard eight-performance week; meanwhile Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) saw capacity fall to 65 per cent, earning $484,143. Following the prior week's closures of Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Death of a Salesman, overall industry grosses dropped 20 per cent and attendance fell 12 per cent week-on-week.