The New York Times – Music:
The Brooklyn venue replaced Ticketmaster, the industry leader, in 2021 in favor of SeatGeek, a competitor. It is not clear why it changed direction again.
Category: Box Office Sales
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‘M3gan’ Beats Box Office Predictions, Sailing Into Second Place
The New York Times – Film:
The $12 million PG-13 horror film brought in $30.2 million in ticket sales, behind “Avatar: The Way of Water,” with $45 million.
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‘Treasure Planet’ at 20: Disney’s Failed Space Odyssey Deserved to Soar
The New York Times – Film:
This maligned flight of fancy contains a trove of underrated accomplishments worthy of reappraisal.
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Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work
The New York Times – Music:
Facing tepid ticket sales, the company will withdraw up to $30 million from its endowment and stage more operas by living composers, which have been outselling the classics.
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Has a Subdued Start at the Box Office
The New York Times – Film:
Ticket sales totaled $134 million in North America, nearly doubling the opening for the first ‘Avatar.’ But Hollywood was expecting more.
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Met Opera’s Website and Box Office Are Back, 9 Days After Cyberattack
The New York Times – Music:
Hackers had left the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, unable to sell tickets as it tries to recover from the pandemic.
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A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On
The New York Times – Music:
After hackers knocked out the ticket-selling system of the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, the company decided to sell $50 general admission seats.
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Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences
The New York Times – Film:
The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.