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As expected, snowstorm took a bite out of Broadway profits

A pair of New York City Department of Sanitation front end loaders prepare plowed snow for a melter, background left, in lower Manhattan, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm along the U.S. East Coast were getting closer to their normal routines Tuesday after more than three days of digging out. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A pair of New York City Department of Sanitation front end loaders prepare plowed snow for a melter, background left, in lower Manhattan, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm along the U.S. East Coast were getting closer to their normal routines Tuesday after more than three days of digging out. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) A pair of New York City Department of Sanitation front end loaders prepare plowed snow for a melter, background left, in lower Manhattan, in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm along the U.S. East Coast were getting closer to their normal routines Tuesday after more than three days of digging out. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The winter storm that barreled into New York over the weekend made a mess off Broadway box office receipts, with most shows reduced to six performances instead of eight when Saturday went dark.

The Broadway League said Tuesday that the grosses for the week ending Sunday were $15,977,958, far lower than last week’s haul of $26,239,268. It was a 1.3 percent drop. Every show lost money.

Attendance also dropped to 174,717 last week from 257,867 the previous week.

The poor results were expected since a key weekend day was lost when New York was hit with a one-day record of 26.6 inches of snow. Broadway shuttered its Saturday matinee and evening performances after subway, bus and Metro-North Railroad service were suspended.