Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Movie Tops Weekend Box Office

Taylor Swifts Eras Tour Concert Film Tops the Box Office for Premiere Weekend — Emma McIntyre/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

UPDATE: 10/16/23, 3 p.m. ET — AMC introduced that the Eras Tour film earned $92.8 million from 3,850 theaters on the home field workplace. Overseas, the live performance movie pulled in one other $30.7 million, bringing the worldwide field workplace to $123.5 million for opening weekend.

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Taylor Swift dominated the weekend field workplace as she debuted her Eras Tour live performance movie in theaters around the globe.

While AMC won’t present official numbers till Monday, October 15, Comscore estimates Swift pulled in between $95 million and $97 million on opening weekend on the home field workplace, per The Hollywood Reporter. It is the top-grossing live performance movie of all time in North America.

Eras blew the competitors out of the water within the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The Exorcist: Believer, which moved launch dates to averted going head-to-head with Swift, is in second place on the home weekend field workplace, incomes $11 million. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie was in third with $7 million, Saw X was in fourth with $5.6 million and The Creator rounded out the highest 5 with $4.3 million.

The singer, 33, kicked off her record-breaking Eras Tour in Arizona in March. Shortly after wrapping the primary U.S. leg in August, she introduced that the live performance could be heading to theaters.

“The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I’m overjoyed to tell you that it’ll be coming to the big screen soon,” Swift wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “Starting Oct 13th you’ll be able to experience the concert film in theaters in North America! Tickets are on sale now. Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged 1, 2, 3 LGB!!!! (iykyk).”

Nearly one month later, Swift confirmed that the film was set for a world launch, screening in 8,500 cinemas throughout 100 nations. “The tour isn’t the only thing we’re taking worldwide,” she shared by way of Instagram in September. “Been so excited to tell you all that The Eras Tour concert film is now officially coming to theaters WORLDWIDE on Oct 13!”

In the times earlier than the movie’s Friday, October 13, debut, Variety reported that it had surpassed $100 million prematurely ticket gross sales worldwide. The film beforehand broke the report for single-day ticket gross sales at AMC Theatres, raking in $26 million in North America alone.

Swift celebrated the milestone event with a premiere of the movie held at The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 11.

The film’s success comes amid a busy time for Swift. While she has been on a break from her stadium tour since late August, she is going to launch her extremely anticipated 1989 (Taylor’s Version) rerecording on October 27. She will then head to Argentina and Brazil in November for her last tour dates of the yr earlier than the worldwide leg resumes in February.

Despite her full schedule, Swift has been making headlines by hanging out with Travis Kelce throughout her downtime. She cheered on the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish, 34, at two of his NFL video games, sending followers right into a frenzy. Although she missed his October 8 match-up in Minnesota, Us Weekly completely revealed that Swift flew to Kansas City from Nashville on October 6 “to see Travis,” in the future after his birthday.

Kelce addressed the eye on the identical day as Swift’s go to. “It feels like I was on top of the world after the Super Bowl and right now I’m even more on top of the world,” he stated throughout a press convention. “You’ve got a lot of people that care about Taylor, and for good reason. You just have to keep living, learning and enjoying the moments. At the end of the day, I have always been good at compartmentalizing and being able to stay focused. I will just keep rolling with that.”