Taylor Swift's concert movie "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" opened in theaters with early screenings on October 12 and hit cinemas nationwide on October 13.
The movie earned $92.8 million in US box office during its three-day debut over the weekend, cementing the movie’s place as the highest grossing concert movie, the second-best ever domestic opening in the month of October and the seventh best opening day of 2023, according to AMC figures.
It became the highest-grossing concert movoe ever in just its first weekend, blowing by the $73 million lifetime gross of concert movie "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never", which was released in 2011 and previously held the record.
Michael's Jackson's "This Is It" grossed $72 million after its 2009 release, followed by " Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert", which grossed $65 million in 2008.
One Direction’s documentary-style movie "This Is Us" recorded sales of $28.8 million in 2013, "Part of Me (Katy Perry's movie)" grossed $25.3 million in 2012 and "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" grossed $19 million in 2009.
The movie also released in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia, Germany and the Philippines last weekend, bringing in $123.5 million at the global box office.
It will premiere in even more countries on November 3.
"Eras Tour" earns $26 million in single-day ticket sales at AMC Theatres the day it was announced, breaking the record held by "Spider-Man: No Way Home".
The Taylor Swift movie fell short of the predicted $100 million opening weekend, which some experts said could be attributed to the advanced sales leading to a lack of walk-up business.
Eras Tour is the second highest-grossing movie of all time to debut in October, falling slightly behind Joker's $96.2 million million haul in 2019, and the Swift movie accounted for 69% of all box office earnings last weekend.
"The Exorcist: Believer" was the second-highest grossing film of the weekend with $11 million, followed by "PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie" with $7 million.
The Eras Tour movie was produced by Swift's in-house tour production company and directed by Sam Wrench, who also made Billie Eilish: Live at the O2 and HBO-released Lizzo: Live in Concert.
The 165-minutes movie documents Swift’s tour—which includes music from all 10 of her albums released over 17 years.
The tour wrapped up its first U.S. leg this summer, and Swift will have performed on five continents by the time it’s over next year.
The tour, which has included 56 shows so far, has grossed $780 million. Tickets sold for an average of $253 and more than 3 million fans have attended a show.
A film documenting the second highest-grossing tour of the summer, Beyoncé's "Renaissance World Tour", will premiere in AMC Theatres on December 1.
"Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" will reportedly cover the creation of her 2022 album Renaissance and its accompanying visual album, as well as the The Renaissance world tour has grossed $460 million from 46 shows this year.
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