{"id":14541,"date":"2023-10-15T20:11:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/taylor-swift-conquers-box-office-with-concert-film\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:11:08","slug":"taylor-swift-conquers-box-office-with-concert-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taylor-swift-conquers-box-office-with-concert-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift conquers box office with concert film"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After her sold-out stadium tour, pop superstar Taylor Swift filled movie theaters with screaming fans as her concert film took in an estimated $96 million in its opening weekend in North America, smashing records in the category.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a sensational domestic opening,\u201d said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.<\/p>\n

While ticket sales for \u201cTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour\u201d \u2014 which features scenes from three concerts \u2014 were below some estimates for the Friday-through-Sunday period, they were still \u201cgiant numbers\u201d that dwarfed other concert films, Gross said.<\/p>\n

Up to now, he noted, the biggest domestic concert films were 2011\u2019s \u201cJustin Bieber: Never Say Never,\u201d which finished its run with total earnings of $73 million, and 2009\u2019s \u201cMichael Jackson\u2019s This Is It,\u201d at $72.1 million.<\/p>\n

Related: \u2018Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour\u2019 concert film to get early-access screenings in US, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swift surpassed those titles in three days, making this the biggest box office weekend since this summer\u2019s simultaneous releases of \u201cBarbie\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The movie, produced with unusual speed, was released with some special Swiftian touches. AMC Theaters, which is distributing it, broke with standard practice and encouraged filmgoers to dance, sing, whip out cell phones and generally act like they were at a real concert, making for what one critic called a \u201cdelirious, dizzying celebration of Swift-mania.\u201d<\/p>\n

Far, far, far behind in second place for the weekend was Blumhouse and Universal\u2019s scary sequel \u201cExorcist: Believer,\u201d with estimated ticket sales of $11 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. Leslie Odom Jr. and Ann Dowd star in the horror flick, 50 years after the 1973 original.<\/p>\n

In third was Paramount\u2019s family-friendly animation \u201cPaw Patrol: The Mighty Movie,\u201d at $7 million. The Paw pups are voiced by Taraji P. Henson, Chris Rock, Serena Williams and McKenna Grace.<\/p>\n

Fourth place went to Lionsgate\u2019s blood-soaked \u201cSaw X,\u201d with $5.7 million in ticket sales. The latest in the \u201cSaw\u201d series, with Tobin Bell as the frightening Jigsaw, has received positive reviews.<\/p>\n

And in fifth was 20th Century\u2019s sci-fi film \u201cThe Creator,\u201d at $4.3 million. It has John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe and Allison Janney fighting a war against artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top 10 were:<\/p>\n