Taylor Swiftdidn’t have any issues shaking off the competition. As the movie’s presales of $100 million indicated,Taylor Swift: The Eras Tourcaptured the hearts and minds of Swifties the world over. And the concert film demolished all of its competition globally at the box office, as director Sam Wrench’s cinematic venture made $128 million to land the No. 1 spot during its opening weekend (perBox Office Mojo).
Distributed by AMC Theatres,Taylor Swift: The Eras Tourstarted off by capturing $2.8 million during its Thursday previews stateside en route to $96 million in the United States over the Friday the 13th weekend. According toThe Numbers, the film did slightly better with $97 million. If there was anything unlucky aboutThe Eras Tour’sfirst three days in cinemas, one might argue that the movie didn’t reach the $100 million mark in the U.S.
With presale figures of $100 million, though, the difference was made up overseas.Taylor Swift: The Eras Tourdidn’t quite have the same impact across the pond, and business wasn’t nearly as good. Still,The Eras Tourmade an additional $32 million internationally to bring the film’s total to $128 million.
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Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Wins the Weekend
ThemusicaleventTaylor Swift: The Eras Tourlaid claim to the No. 1 spot at the worldwide box office, but it didn’t have quite the same impact as Greta Gerwig’sBarbiedid when it descended on theaters — as some in the industry predicted it might. In fact, it wasn’t even close. The bright-pink blockbuster made $162 million over its opening weekend in the United States alone en route to its current worldwide total of $1.44 billion.
As big a weekend asTaylor Swift: The Eras Tourenjoyed, it’s not very likely that the film will make a run atBarbie’sbox office numbers. Part of the problem lies in the fact thatThe Eras Tourwill only be in theaters for a total of four weekends, with its run scheduled to end on November 5, at the time of this writing. Plus, the concert film will only play on Thursdays through Sundays, so it will be missing out on three days of business each week (Mondays-Wednesdays) that it could be making more money.
Coming in a very distant second place over the weekend in the U.S. wasThe Exorcist: Believerwith $11 million.David Gordon Green’s 50-year follow-up toThe Exorcist(1973) still hasn’t crossed the $100-million threshold globally, with a total of only $85 million after its second weekend of release.
Third place goes toPAW Patrol: The Mighty Moviewith $7 million, whileSaw Xlays claim to No. 4 with $5.7 million.The Creatorrounds out the Top 5 with $4.3 million. And the 30th anniversary screenings ofHocus Pocustook advantage of the spooky season once more, as the family-based horror flick made an additional $896,000 over the weekend to bring its re-release total to $3.3 million.
