UPDATE: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour debuted at number one and became the highest grossing concert film at the North American box office in its opening weekend with a confirmed $92.8m bow.
While the opening fell below the $100m predicted in recent weeks and Sunday’s $95m-$97m estimated three-day range, that does not alter the fact that the release is a box office phenomenon and grossed enough to surpass the previous high water mark of $73m set by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never in 2011.
The film ranks second in the all-time October opening weekend pantheon behind Warner Bros’ Joker on $96.2m in 2019.
The Eras Tour earned $37/5m on Friday, $32m on Saturday, and $23.3m on Sunday.
The Eras Tour also set the highest global opening weekend for a concert film on a confirmed $30.7m across 94 territories resulted in a $123.5m global debut to soar past the $74.25m mark set by Michael Jackson’s This Is It in 2009.
AMC distributes the film, which is also carried by Regal and Cinemark and booked in other US circuits through Variance Films. Cineplex distributes in Canada, Cinepolis in Mexico and Central America, and Trafalgar Releasing booked the film in remaining international territories.
In AMC sites in the US, The Eras Tour ranks as the highest grossing October release in AMC sites and the best October weekend in admissions. Box office climbed 159% compared to the same weekend in 2022 at AMC locations.
AMC’s domestic market share came in at 40.5%, which the world’s largest exhibition circuit hailed as ”an unprecedented number for a major release”, adding that it’s typical market share on tentpole films is between 22% to 25%.
The Eras Tour ranked number one in the US, UK, Mexico, Australia, Germany and Philippines. It will be released in Brazil, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong on November 3, with more additions to be announced shortly.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour scored 100% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and a 98% audience score and an A+ CinemaScore. It will play the Thursday-Sunday period for the next three weeks
Elizabeth Frank, EVP, worldwide programming and chief content officer, AMC Theatres, said: “We are grateful to Taylor Swift for allowing us to make Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film accessible to millions of fans in movie theatres around the world. Her spectacular performance delighted fans, who dressed up and danced through the film.
“With tremendous recommendations and fans buying tickets to see this concert film several times, we anticipate Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film playing to big audiences for weeks to come.”
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