$100 million dance to open ‘Ellas Tour’ – The Hollywood Reporter
A still image from the movie “Taylor Swift: The Elus Tour.”
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Taylor Swift is a box office mastermind.
Superstar’s new concert film based on early box office success Taylor Swift: The Elus Tour According to estimates by AMC Theaters, domestic box office revenue is expected to reach $100 million. Hollywood studios are estimating a weekend opening range in the $90 million to $110 million range, but AMC is sticking to its original numbers.
The film grossed a whopping $39 million on Friday, Spider-Man: No Way Home ($39.2 million), making it the second-highest grossing October film on Friday. joker ($39.4 million), not adjusted for inflation.
If all goes well, we have a chance to grab the biggest October opening in North American history. joker According to Comscore ($96.2 million). By the end of the weekend, the film was already guaranteed to be the highest-grossing movie of all time, even when adjusting for inflation.
Elas tour It received a coveted A+ CinemaScore from audiences and boasts a rare 100% Fresh Critics Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. (1 preliminary review: Only 25 reviews. Usually there are more than 200.)
The power of female movie fans is once again on display barbie. Friday’s audience was 82 percent female. In terms of overall age range, 63% of her ticket buyers were between the ages of 18 and 34. The largest group was 25-34 years old. As expected, teenagers also participated (17%).
“The importance of Taylor Swift’s concert film performance this weekend cannot be overstated.Given its unusual status and completely unique path to the multiplex, Babenheimer That it landed after the big screen phenomenon of , makes it all the more impressive and unexpected,” he says. Chief Box Office Analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “Movie theaters have once again proven to be an unparalleled revenue-generating platform, even with ubiquitous and justifiably popular streaming services whose overall impact pales in comparison to the big-screen experience. Ta.”
It was also the first time in modern history that a theater chain (in this case the mega-circuit AMC Theaters) distributed a film rather than a traditional Hollywood studio.
As of 2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never He holds a national record with a lifetime total of $73 million, not adjusted for inflation. It also grossed an additional $26 million overseas for a worldwide total of $99 million.Michael Jackson’s 2009 Posthumous Documentary/Concert Film This is it It earned $72.1 million in North America and $181.9 million worldwide.
Elas tour does not follow the usual release pattern and will only be shown in theaters Thursday through Sunday for the first three weekends of release.
The picture has also been released overseas, and AMC is predicting a worldwide start in the $150 million range. International box office numbers will be announced on Sunday.
