Advance ticket gross sales for the film of Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour have topped $100 million worldwide, theater operator AMC stated Thursday, making it the best-selling feature-length live performance movie in historical past.
“Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour” is due out on October 13 in 8,500 cinemas in 100 nations.
The movie is already set to grow to be the highest-grossing live performance movie ever, dethroning “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” which made $99 million and was launched in 2011.
“This Is It,” which grossed $261 million worldwide, shouldn’t be thought of a live performance movie as a result of it solely paperwork the efficiency preparations of Michael Jackson, who died earlier than acting on stage.
“Eras” was initially solely to be launched within the United States, however the singer in the end selected to make it a worldwide occasion, though her tour will embody a second leg subsequent 12 months, with dozens of dates in South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, in addition to the United States and Canada.
An AMC spokesperson instructed AFP the $100 million in income got here from all of the cinemas which is able to display the film, together with the Cineplex networks in Canada and Cinepolis in Mexico.
Of the 8,500 cinemas, 4,000 are in North America.
The all-time gross document for an October opening weekend in North America is $96 million, set by “Joker” in 2019.
“Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour” may exceed 100 million throughout three days, from October 13 to fifteen, in North America, in response to Jeff Bock, of the specialist agency Exhibitor Relations.
The 2H48 movie incorporates photos shot throughout three of the mega-star’s concert events on the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, in early August.
The “Eras” tour at the moment has 146 dates.
According to Pollstar, the business journal overlaying the performing arts, every live performance generates $13 million in income, which might deliver the tour complete to round $1.9 billion.
Never earlier than has an artist or group crossed the symbolic billion-dollar threshold.
AMC stated on Monday that singer Beyonce would comply with Swift’s instance and have a theater launch on December 1 of a documentary impressed by her “Renaissance” tour, which she has simply completed within the United States.
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