AMC had projected on Sunday that the global total for “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” would reach $126 million to $130 million in sales for shows from Thursday through Sunday.
Roughly $92.8 million of the worldwide total came from the United States and Canada, AMC said, below the $95 million-plus predicted on Sunday.
It’s easily the biggest opening for a concert film of all time, and, not accounting for inflation, has made more than the $73 million “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” earned in 2011.
Sadly, with this collection, the film fell shy of just over 1 million to beat Todd Phillips‘ ‘Joker’ starring Joaquin Phoenix. The movie made a $96.2 million debut at the box office in 2019, making it the highest earning October release.
A unique experiment in distribution, premium pricing, star power and loose movie theatre etiquette—more dancing and shouting than a Star Wars premiere—have made it an undeniable hit. Compiled from Swift’s summer shows at Southern California’s SoFi Stadium, the film opened in 3,855 North American locations starting with “surprise” Thursday evening previews. Those showtimes helped boost its opening day sum to $39 million – the second biggest ever for October, behind “Joker’s” $39.3 million.
Internationally, it’s estimated to have earned somewhere between $31 to $33 million.
‘The Eras Tour’, directed by Sam Wrench, is not just playing on AMC screens either. The company, based in Leawood, Kansas, worked with sub-distribution partners Variance Films, Trafalgar Releasing, Cinepolis and Cineplex to show the film in more than 8,500 movie theatres globally in 100 countries.
“The Eras Tour” still holds the record for the highest-grossing concert film in history. The turnout for Swift’s movie provided a welcome boost to cinemas facing a lacklustre autumn slate after a strike by Hollywood actors prompted studios to delay titles such as “Dune: Part Two.”
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