Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and every king has a court. It’s no surprise he worked with several other megastars across genres over the course of his life. Some of those collaborations are classic and others are tragic.
1. Justin Timberlake
“Love Never Felt So Good” is a posthumous disco duet with Justin Timberlake. It’s not as good as Jackson’s classic disco tracks but it has an infectious, cherry energy. It feels more like a prequel to Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” than anything else.
The song has some great timing. It came out in 2014. 2013 saw a huge revival of disco music with hits like Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” Bruno Mars’ “Treasure.” while it was a song from the vaults, “Love Never Felt So Good” felt practically modern! The tune appeared on the posthumous album Xscape. Xscape is not Thriller,...
1. Justin Timberlake
“Love Never Felt So Good” is a posthumous disco duet with Justin Timberlake. It’s not as good as Jackson’s classic disco tracks but it has an infectious, cherry energy. It feels more like a prequel to Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” than anything else.
The song has some great timing. It came out in 2014. 2013 saw a huge revival of disco music with hits like Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” Bruno Mars’ “Treasure.” while it was a song from the vaults, “Love Never Felt So Good” felt practically modern! The tune appeared on the posthumous album Xscape. Xscape is not Thriller,...
- 5/2/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 2023, two tours were dominating the road. It seemed like every weekend more and more people were flocking to the stadiums across America to see Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour. While it does seem like everyone was seeing these artists live, tickets were not only hard to come by, but pricey on the resale market. That’s why when audiences saw camera crews on stage at both tours, it was only suspected that Taylor Swift and Beyoncé would be coming out with their own concert films. However, these films were not exactly what the public expected, not only raking in millions of dollars at the movie theater, but also, allowing these shows to become more accessible than ever before.
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- 4/9/2024
- by Abigail Johnson
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
When A Romantic Beach Getaway Turned Almost Fatal For Chris Pratt – Here’s What Happened Next! (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Sometimes, romantic escapades turn into a dreadful experience and stay engraved in people’s minds. Many of you would agree with this. At least the Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt would! The actor once had a near-fatal incident on a romantic break, and that was years even before his relationship with Anna Faris. During the promotion of his film The Magnificent Seven, the actor shared this frightful incident several years ago.
Chris gained recognition and fame as Andy Dwyer in the Parks and Recreation series, and after appearing in several movies as a supporting actor, his breakthrough came after playing Star-Lord in the MCU and as Owen Grady in the Jurassic World films. Pratt has also lent his voice in several animated movies and for the lead character. Some...
Sometimes, romantic escapades turn into a dreadful experience and stay engraved in people’s minds. Many of you would agree with this. At least the Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt would! The actor once had a near-fatal incident on a romantic break, and that was years even before his relationship with Anna Faris. During the promotion of his film The Magnificent Seven, the actor shared this frightful incident several years ago.
Chris gained recognition and fame as Andy Dwyer in the Parks and Recreation series, and after appearing in several movies as a supporting actor, his breakthrough came after playing Star-Lord in the MCU and as Owen Grady in the Jurassic World films. Pratt has also lent his voice in several animated movies and for the lead character. Some...
- 4/7/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour broke records on Disney+ with 4.6 million views, making it the No. 1 music film ever on the platform per the studio.
Swifties watched 16.2 million hours of the blockbuster 3.5-hour concert film this past weekend.
These viewership numbers are based on 3 days of streaming; views released for other movie premieres on Disney+ were based on 5 days of viewing.
The Disney+ edition of the concert featured the performances of new songs by the 14x Grammy winner such as “cardigan” as well as four additional acoustic songs: “Maroon,” “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “You Are in Love,” and “I Can See You.”
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) is 3.5 hours long, making it significantly longer than most titles on Disney+. A view is defined as total stream time divided by runtime for those keeping track.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, distributed by AMC Theatres,...
Swifties watched 16.2 million hours of the blockbuster 3.5-hour concert film this past weekend.
These viewership numbers are based on 3 days of streaming; views released for other movie premieres on Disney+ were based on 5 days of viewing.
The Disney+ edition of the concert featured the performances of new songs by the 14x Grammy winner such as “cardigan” as well as four additional acoustic songs: “Maroon,” “Death by a Thousand Cuts,” “You Are in Love,” and “I Can See You.”
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) is 3.5 hours long, making it significantly longer than most titles on Disney+. A view is defined as total stream time divided by runtime for those keeping track.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, distributed by AMC Theatres,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
We’re only days away from the premiere of The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) on Disney+ and Taylor Swift has offered an early glimpse of the concert special. The singer unveiled a one-minute clip of her performing “Cardigan” exclusively on Apple’s App Store early Wednesday morning.
Swifties can check out the “Cardigan” performance either by opening the App Store on their iPhones or by heading to this link. The tease is significant for fans as “Cardigan” was mysteriously left out of the version of Eras Tour that premiered in theaters last year.
Swifties can check out the “Cardigan” performance either by opening the App Store on their iPhones or by heading to this link. The tease is significant for fans as “Cardigan” was mysteriously left out of the version of Eras Tour that premiered in theaters last year.
- 3/13/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift Teases ‘Maroon’ Bonus Performance in Disney+ ‘The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)’ Trailer
Only four stops on the Eras tour have been treated to a live performance of “Maroon,” a deep cut from Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album Midnights. It first appeared as a surprise song selection in May 2023 when she paired it with “Getaway Car” in New Jersey. Los Angeles and Mexico City then got a taste of it in August, and she brought it back as a mashup with “Forever & Always” just last week. On March 14, Swift’s acoustic performance of “Maroon” will be readily available on demand as Taylor...
- 3/4/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Paramount received the best Valentine’s Day gift any studio could hope for when Bob Marley: One Love, the biopic about the legendary Jamaican musician, set a new midweek record for the holiday when jamming to $14 million and besting the $11.5 million grossed by The Vow in 2012.
But Valentine’s Day turned out to be only a warm-up act as the film transformed into an all-audience box office sensation in another win for the music biopic boom sweeping Hollywood. Iconic music artists — of which there is no shortage — are providing studios with much-needed IP as tried and true genres, namely superhero movies, lose their singing powers. Barely a week goes by without a new major studio project being announced, including this week’s news that Sony and Sam Mendes are embarking on an ambitious magical mystery tour that will see each of the four Beatles get their own feature film, all...
But Valentine’s Day turned out to be only a warm-up act as the film transformed into an all-audience box office sensation in another win for the music biopic boom sweeping Hollywood. Iconic music artists — of which there is no shortage — are providing studios with much-needed IP as tried and true genres, namely superhero movies, lose their singing powers. Barely a week goes by without a new major studio project being announced, including this week’s news that Sony and Sam Mendes are embarking on an ambitious magical mystery tour that will see each of the four Beatles get their own feature film, all...
- 2/21/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We have our first look at the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, simply titled "Michael." It is, in a word, eerie. The film features the late pop star's nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the lead role, and this first-look image recreates the legendary performance of "Man in the Mirror" from the Dangerous Tour in the early '90s. That imagery has burned its way into the collective memory of pop culture, and the recreation here is downright spot-on.
Admittedly, it's just a photo, but it's an impressive one at that. It looks like the genuine article, from the look of Jackson to everything else in the frame. The photo was taken by Kevin Mazur. He was one of the photographers who documented Michael over many years, capturing rehearsals for Jackson's "This Is It" concerts, which were eventually turned into a documentary. Mazur had this to say about capturing Jaafar Jackson as Michael...
Admittedly, it's just a photo, but it's an impressive one at that. It looks like the genuine article, from the look of Jackson to everything else in the frame. The photo was taken by Kevin Mazur. He was one of the photographers who documented Michael over many years, capturing rehearsals for Jackson's "This Is It" concerts, which were eventually turned into a documentary. Mazur had this to say about capturing Jaafar Jackson as Michael...
- 2/13/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The first look at the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic has been released, and it recreates one of the singer’s most iconic outfits.
Michael Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, plays the King of Pop in “Michael,” which releases in theaters on April 18, 2025. The film is now in production.
Jaafar Jackson takes the stage and recreates his uncle’s iconic “Man in the Mirror” look from his Dangerous Tour from 1992-93 in the first-look photo. It was taken by photographer Kevin Mazur, who photographed Jackson throughout his career and during his “This Is It” rehearsals.
“With Jaafar, every look, every note, every dance move is Michael,” said producer Graham King in a statement. “He embodies Michael in a way that no other actor could.”
The movie “will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became the King of Pop,” according to the logline. “The...
Michael Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, plays the King of Pop in “Michael,” which releases in theaters on April 18, 2025. The film is now in production.
Jaafar Jackson takes the stage and recreates his uncle’s iconic “Man in the Mirror” look from his Dangerous Tour from 1992-93 in the first-look photo. It was taken by photographer Kevin Mazur, who photographed Jackson throughout his career and during his “This Is It” rehearsals.
“With Jaafar, every look, every note, every dance move is Michael,” said producer Graham King in a statement. “He embodies Michael in a way that no other actor could.”
The movie “will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became the King of Pop,” according to the logline. “The...
- 2/13/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
A Moldovan-Romanian directorial debut and a documentary from Azerbaijan won the top prizes at this year’s When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum, which was held in the Italian city of Trieste from January 21-24.
Moldovan director Dragos Turea’s debut feature Lenin’s Pawn won the €5,000 Film Center Serbia Award. A joint production by Moldova’s Parmis Film and Romania’s Project Um, Lenin’s Pawn follows a Moldovan actor struggling between his nation’s Soviet past and its European aspirations as he attempts to dismantle Lenin’s monuments.
Lala Aliyeva’s documentary Strange Sea won the €5,000 Ciclic...
Moldovan director Dragos Turea’s debut feature Lenin’s Pawn won the €5,000 Film Center Serbia Award. A joint production by Moldova’s Parmis Film and Romania’s Project Um, Lenin’s Pawn follows a Moldovan actor struggling between his nation’s Soviet past and its European aspirations as he attempts to dismantle Lenin’s monuments.
Lala Aliyeva’s documentary Strange Sea won the €5,000 Ciclic...
- 1/25/2024
- ScreenDaily
January 12 Update: Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh also shut down the Fox News claim in a statement to Politico: “As for this conspiracy theory, we are going to shake it off. But that does highlight that we still need Congress to approve our supplemental budget request as Swift-ly as possible so we can be out of the woods with potential fiscal concerns.”
Earlier: Whoopi Goldberg used the January 11 episode of “The View” to slam Fox News for perpetuating a conspiracy theory that claims the U.S. government is using Taylor Swift to control public opinion (via Entertainment Weekly).
“There are real issues impacting millions of Americans,” Goldberg said. “This is what the Fox News folks wanted viewers to be worried about during their prime-time broadcast on Tuesday.”
“The View” then cut to a clip from Fox News featuring popular host Jesse Watters questioning whether or not Swift’s enormous popularity...
Earlier: Whoopi Goldberg used the January 11 episode of “The View” to slam Fox News for perpetuating a conspiracy theory that claims the U.S. government is using Taylor Swift to control public opinion (via Entertainment Weekly).
“There are real issues impacting millions of Americans,” Goldberg said. “This is what the Fox News folks wanted viewers to be worried about during their prime-time broadcast on Tuesday.”
“The View” then cut to a clip from Fox News featuring popular host Jesse Watters questioning whether or not Swift’s enormous popularity...
- 1/11/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
While appearing on the latest episode of the Allison Interviews podcast, queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese praised Taylor Swift for her interest in the art form. When asked about her experience teaching burlesque to other artists, Von Teese singled out the “Karma” singer.
“The best experience was Taylor,” Von Teese told podcast host Allison Kugel. “She’s really a kind girl. She knew everything about what I do.”
Von Teese was initially called upon to teach Swift some moves for “Bejeweled,” the Cinderella-inspired video from Swift’s album Midnights.
“The best experience was Taylor,” Von Teese told podcast host Allison Kugel. “She’s really a kind girl. She knew everything about what I do.”
Von Teese was initially called upon to teach Swift some moves for “Bejeweled,” the Cinderella-inspired video from Swift’s album Midnights.
- 1/9/2024
- by Carita Rizzo
- Rollingstone.com
As a counterweight to snubs and bad jokes at the Golden Globes last night, Taylor Swift at least has reason to celebrate her Eras Tour movie becoming the highest-grossing concert film and documentary ever.
In a press release, AMC Theaters said Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has now raked in over $261.6 million globally, just putting it past the previous record holder, Michael Jackson’s This Is It. That film was released in 2009, just a few months after Jackson’s death, and grossed $261.2 million.
The Eras Tour movie was always likely to achieve this feat.
In a press release, AMC Theaters said Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has now raked in over $261.6 million globally, just putting it past the previous record holder, Michael Jackson’s This Is It. That film was released in 2009, just a few months after Jackson’s death, and grossed $261.2 million.
The Eras Tour movie was always likely to achieve this feat.
- 1/8/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Audiences didn’t have a lot of new choices, nor a mega late-December blockbuster to ring in the first weekend of the new year at the movies, but the studio titles on offer are still drawing crowds and seeing strong holds, particularly with ongoing holidays in many international box office markets. Milestones are also being set as Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Heyday Films’ Wonka topped $300M overseas while Disney’s Wish crossed $200M worldwide and AMC touted a new benchmark for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Though Swift lost out in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category at the Golden Globes on Sunday, her movie has now grossed $261.6M worldwide, overtaking the previous global box office record holder for a documentary, Michael Jackson’s This is It, according to AMC.
The Eras Tour movie, which is also the highest grossing concert film worldwide, is still playing in select...
Though Swift lost out in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category at the Golden Globes on Sunday, her movie has now grossed $261.6M worldwide, overtaking the previous global box office record holder for a documentary, Michael Jackson’s This is It, according to AMC.
The Eras Tour movie, which is also the highest grossing concert film worldwide, is still playing in select...
- 1/8/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Taylor Swift may have worn a glittering green gown by Gucci, but she found herself in a golden era Sunday, if only for a few hours, and what a time it was.
The superstar singer touched down at the Beverly Hilton for the 81st Golden Globes to honor a nomination in the new cinematic and box office achievement category for reinventing the rollout of concert documentaries (and smashing records in the process) courtesy of AMC’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Though she went home empty-handed — the inaugural trophy went to Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and the pink parade from Barbie, which earned north of a billion dollars and became a cultural phenomenon — Swift snagged the lion’s share of attention in a room filled with A-listers. (AMC also used the occasion to announce that the doc passed Michael Jackson’s This Is It to become the top-grossing concert doc of all time.
The superstar singer touched down at the Beverly Hilton for the 81st Golden Globes to honor a nomination in the new cinematic and box office achievement category for reinventing the rollout of concert documentaries (and smashing records in the process) courtesy of AMC’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Though she went home empty-handed — the inaugural trophy went to Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and the pink parade from Barbie, which earned north of a billion dollars and became a cultural phenomenon — Swift snagged the lion’s share of attention in a room filled with A-listers. (AMC also used the occasion to announce that the doc passed Michael Jackson’s This Is It to become the top-grossing concert doc of all time.
- 1/8/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You win some and you lose some — even if you are Taylor Swift.
Just as the pop superstar singer was arriving on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills, AMC Theatres announced that her concert film The Eras Tour passed up Michael Jackson’s 2009 posthumous This Is It at the global box office to become the top-grossing concert and documentary film of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
Swift was at the Globes in support of her Eras Tour, which was among the movies nominated for the first-ever award for best cinematic and box office achievement. The rules of the category require that a film can only be eligible if has earned at least $150 million at the worldwide box office, including $100 million or more in North America. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie — likewise a female-fueled film — was the inaugural winner.
According to AMC, The Eras Tour...
Just as the pop superstar singer was arriving on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills, AMC Theatres announced that her concert film The Eras Tour passed up Michael Jackson’s 2009 posthumous This Is It at the global box office to become the top-grossing concert and documentary film of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
Swift was at the Globes in support of her Eras Tour, which was among the movies nominated for the first-ever award for best cinematic and box office achievement. The rules of the category require that a film can only be eligible if has earned at least $150 million at the worldwide box office, including $100 million or more in North America. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie — likewise a female-fueled film — was the inaugural winner.
According to AMC, The Eras Tour...
- 1/8/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taylor Swift is starting off 2024 with yet another historic milestone under her belt.
Following the release of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” to United States theaters on October 13, Swift’s movie is officially the highest-grossing film in box office history among concert and documentary films with more than $261.6 million earned globally. The feat comes a week after “The Eras Tour” opened in China, with a tally of $8.7 million following its debut on December 31.
Among concert films, “The Eras Tour” becomes the highest-grossing ever, unseating previous record holder “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” which opened in 2009 and grossed $261.2 million at the global box office.
Of course, much of the total gross can be attributed to its record-breaking opening weekend. Upon release in October, “The Eras Tour” made $92.8 million in North America and $30.7 million internationally for a cumulative total of $123.5 million, making it the biggest start of all time for a concert film.
Following the release of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” to United States theaters on October 13, Swift’s movie is officially the highest-grossing film in box office history among concert and documentary films with more than $261.6 million earned globally. The feat comes a week after “The Eras Tour” opened in China, with a tally of $8.7 million following its debut on December 31.
Among concert films, “The Eras Tour” becomes the highest-grossing ever, unseating previous record holder “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” which opened in 2009 and grossed $261.2 million at the global box office.
Of course, much of the total gross can be attributed to its record-breaking opening weekend. Upon release in October, “The Eras Tour” made $92.8 million in North America and $30.7 million internationally for a cumulative total of $123.5 million, making it the biggest start of all time for a concert film.
- 1/8/2024
- by Steven J. Horowitz
- Variety Film + TV
Taylor Swift has become a mainstay at Kansas City Chiefs games, watching her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce, play games both home and away. She’s been Kelce’s main cheering squad during her winter break from her record-breaking The Eras Tour, but she isn’t watching him during tonight’s Chiefs game against The Los Angeles Chargers. Here’s why.
The real reason why Taylor Swift isn’t watching The Kansas City Chiefs take on The LA Chargers
Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs team plays the LA Chargers at SoFi Stadium. The game airs on CBS just before the 81st Golden Globes awards.
Per Page Six, sources reveal that Taylor Swift will instead, attend the Golden Globes Awards. She is nominated in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category for her feature concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
The 34-year-old singer has been nominated for the...
The real reason why Taylor Swift isn’t watching The Kansas City Chiefs take on The LA Chargers
Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs team plays the LA Chargers at SoFi Stadium. The game airs on CBS just before the 81st Golden Globes awards.
Per Page Six, sources reveal that Taylor Swift will instead, attend the Golden Globes Awards. She is nominated in the new Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category for her feature concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
The 34-year-old singer has been nominated for the...
- 1/7/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour To Surpass Michael Jackson’s This Is It At The Worldwide Box Office? (Picture Credit: IMDb)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has turned out to be a huge winner at the worldwide box office. It has already created history in the genre of concert films and has raked in heavy profits. But that’s not the end, as the biggie has a chance to shine more by adding impressive numbers to its already blockbuster total. Keep reading to know more!
Directed by Sam Wrench, the film features sizzling performances of the singer from her record-breaking The Eras Tour concert. AMC Theatres and Cinemark Theatres distributed the biggie released in North America and many other territories on 13th October. In the remaining regions, it arrived in November.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour gets a green signal in China!
Securing a release in China isn’t an easy task,...
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has turned out to be a huge winner at the worldwide box office. It has already created history in the genre of concert films and has raked in heavy profits. But that’s not the end, as the biggie has a chance to shine more by adding impressive numbers to its already blockbuster total. Keep reading to know more!
Directed by Sam Wrench, the film features sizzling performances of the singer from her record-breaking The Eras Tour concert. AMC Theatres and Cinemark Theatres distributed the biggie released in North America and many other territories on 13th October. In the remaining regions, it arrived in November.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour gets a green signal in China!
Securing a release in China isn’t an easy task,...
- 12/16/2023
- by Shalmesh More
- KoiMoi
After becoming the second highest grossing concert movie with $250M WW after Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is making her way into the Middle Kingdom on Dec. 31.
Alibaba Pictures took China rights to the concert movie from Trafalgar Releasing, who was handling offshore distribution for the concert pic’s mega distribution, movie chain AMC. Alibaba is releasing the pic with the state distributor China Film Group.
Keeping all things 13, which is Swift’s lucky number, the announcement was made in Beijing on Friday at 13:13 (or 1:13 p.m.).
How much Eras Tour make is the big question given how China has squashed the promotion of Hollywood movies post-Covid. That said, the 12x Grammy winner reportedly has a fanbase in the Prc and known as “Meimei,” which means both “unlucky” (a nod to her dustup with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards) and “beautiful.
Alibaba Pictures took China rights to the concert movie from Trafalgar Releasing, who was handling offshore distribution for the concert pic’s mega distribution, movie chain AMC. Alibaba is releasing the pic with the state distributor China Film Group.
Keeping all things 13, which is Swift’s lucky number, the announcement was made in Beijing on Friday at 13:13 (or 1:13 p.m.).
How much Eras Tour make is the big question given how China has squashed the promotion of Hollywood movies post-Covid. That said, the 12x Grammy winner reportedly has a fanbase in the Prc and known as “Meimei,” which means both “unlucky” (a nod to her dustup with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards) and “beautiful.
- 12/15/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The concert film will receive a wide release in the country on December 31.
Hit concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has landed a wide theatrical release in China and will open in the country on December 31.
Chinese regulators have given a greenlight to the release, which will be handled locally by Alibaba Pictures after acquiring the rights from UK-based Trafalgar Releasing and was announced at 1:13pm on Friday in Beijing – a nod to Swift’s lucky number. It will be released in partnership with state distributor China Film Group.
The film opened in North America on October 12 and...
Hit concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has landed a wide theatrical release in China and will open in the country on December 31.
Chinese regulators have given a greenlight to the release, which will be handled locally by Alibaba Pictures after acquiring the rights from UK-based Trafalgar Releasing and was announced at 1:13pm on Friday in Beijing – a nod to Swift’s lucky number. It will be released in partnership with state distributor China Film Group.
The film opened in North America on October 12 and...
- 12/15/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Every Thursday, we here at Joblo put out our weekly predictions for the upcoming weekend box office. When we do that, we do the research in seeing where tracking has the new release movies hitting, what older films can these newer films be compared to give us a better understanding of how they may perform and what type of potential drop off films will have week to week based off of critical and audience reactions. And yet, sometimes with all of that research and hard work, we can still get things wrong! It is for that very reason that in our Thursday predictions this week, I saw Beyoncé having a far better second week hold than she appears to be having!
First place, as predicted, is the latest from legendary Academy Award Winning animator Hayao Miyazaki as The Boy and the Heron will launch with a little under $11 million. While...
First place, as predicted, is the latest from legendary Academy Award Winning animator Hayao Miyazaki as The Boy and the Heron will launch with a little under $11 million. While...
- 12/9/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost Entertainment have tapped Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) to direct Weslandia, a feature adaptation of the international bestselling children’s book by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman.
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
- 12/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sunday Am: AMC’s second concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, though clearly frontloaded in its previews/Friday with a Saturday tumble of -48% ($6M), remains solid enough to hit a $22M opening, per industry sources. AMC is calling the weekend at $21M. For a movie opening during the listless first weekend of December, that’s fantastic, not far behind Tom Cruise’s 2003 The Last Samurai, which still holds the weekend’s record of $24.2M. Box office org EntTelligence reports 900,000 attendees for Beyoncé this weekend. The 32x Grammy winner catapulted what is typically a truly off weekend at the box office to $95M+, the best the first weekend of December has seen since 2018.
Sources slapped their foreheads over AMC’s move, which was mutual with Beyoncé, to release the movie over what is a terrible box office weekend. However, here it is, and the movie fared quite well, slightly ahead of its $20M expectations.
Sources slapped their foreheads over AMC’s move, which was mutual with Beyoncé, to release the movie over what is a terrible box office weekend. However, here it is, and the movie fared quite well, slightly ahead of its $20M expectations.
- 12/3/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Numbers have begun rolling in for this first weekend of December and to the surprise of no one, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé is seeing a first place finish in the $20-$25 million range. If it comes in on the higher end, it would become the highest grossing debut for the first weekend of December, beating out the $24.2 million made by 2003’s The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise (naturally). While this is a solid start for the concert film, it is far from the $92.8 million that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour launched with just a month and a half ago and more in line with other concert films such as Justin Bieber: Never Say Never ($29.5 million debut), Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds ($31.1 million debut) and Michael Jackson’s This Is It ($23.2 million debut) I am but a humble box office reporter, so I can not answer...
- 12/2/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
This weekend sees an iconic figure of entertainment return to grace our movie theaters with the presence of their sheer awesomeness. But enough about John Woo returning to American theaters with his Christmas themed revenge tale Silent Night, we are also getting the Beyoncé concert film/ documentary Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé.
Coming off the success of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which has amassed a domestic record (for a concert film) $178.2 million comes the second concert film to be released directly by AMC Theaters, bypassing a major studio for its release.
Unlike The Eras Tour Movie, which was a straight up concert film, Renaissance is more of a hybrid concert film/ documentary, in the vein of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, that weaves together background footage of the tour with the actual concert. Obviously the two closest comps for this title are Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which...
Coming off the success of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which has amassed a domestic record (for a concert film) $178.2 million comes the second concert film to be released directly by AMC Theaters, bypassing a major studio for its release.
Unlike The Eras Tour Movie, which was a straight up concert film, Renaissance is more of a hybrid concert film/ documentary, in the vein of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, that weaves together background footage of the tour with the actual concert. Obviously the two closest comps for this title are Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour which...
- 11/30/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Box Office: Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Takes on ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel With Estimated $20 Million Debut
Queen Bey is about to take on the box office.
“Renaissance,” a concert film written, directed and produced by Beyoncé, is expected to bring in $17 million to $20 million in its opening weekend. The film will play in approximately 2,539 domestic locations, as well as 94 international territories, including Mexico, the U.K., South Africa, Kenya, Australia and Germany. Globally, the film is targeting $30 million to $40 million in its first weekend.
Like Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which ignited the box office in October with $92 million domestically and has generated $250 million worldwide to date, “Renaissance” is unique because it’s being distributed by the exhibitor AMC Theatres rather than a traditional studio.
Based on early estimates and pre-sales, “Renaissance” will be more comparable to concert docs like Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” which debuted to $23 million in 2009, and “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which opened to $29.5 million in 2011, not adjusted for inflation.
“Renaissance,” a concert film written, directed and produced by Beyoncé, is expected to bring in $17 million to $20 million in its opening weekend. The film will play in approximately 2,539 domestic locations, as well as 94 international territories, including Mexico, the U.K., South Africa, Kenya, Australia and Germany. Globally, the film is targeting $30 million to $40 million in its first weekend.
Like Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour,” which ignited the box office in October with $92 million domestically and has generated $250 million worldwide to date, “Renaissance” is unique because it’s being distributed by the exhibitor AMC Theatres rather than a traditional studio.
Based on early estimates and pre-sales, “Renaissance” will be more comparable to concert docs like Michael Jackson’s “This Is It,” which debuted to $23 million in 2009, and “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which opened to $29.5 million in 2011, not adjusted for inflation.
- 11/29/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Refresh for more….AMC’s second concert movie theatrical release, Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, hoping to liven up what is typically a dull frame at the box office –the post Thanksgiving/early December downer corridor– with what’s look like a $30M, maybe $40M global opening.
The second movie ever to be distributed wide by an exhibitor arrives moments after their first title Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which was a very bright spot at the fall box office with $250M WW, winds down on screens, and winds up in homes on Dec. 13 for digital purchase.
Sources have said for quite some time that despite the mammoth success of the Renaissance concert with ticket sales close to $600M per Live Nation back in August, which is the eighth highest-grossing concert tours of all time and the second highest-grossing concert tours by a women; the singer’s appeal is vastly different from Swift’s.
The second movie ever to be distributed wide by an exhibitor arrives moments after their first title Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which was a very bright spot at the fall box office with $250M WW, winds down on screens, and winds up in homes on Dec. 13 for digital purchase.
Sources have said for quite some time that despite the mammoth success of the Renaissance concert with ticket sales close to $600M per Live Nation back in August, which is the eighth highest-grossing concert tours of all time and the second highest-grossing concert tours by a women; the singer’s appeal is vastly different from Swift’s.
- 11/28/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
In North America, total weekend box office is estimated at $56m – one of the lowest market totals so far this year.
Worldwide box office November 3-5 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) $55.0m $217.1m $35.6m $103.5m 75 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $25.1m $231m $11.6m $65.1m 114 3. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount)
$18.9m $119.2m $11.9m $66.9m 67 4. Last Suspect (various) $17.8m $23.4m $17.8m $23.4m 1 5. Trolls Band Together (Universal)
$13.2m $56.9m $13.2m $56.9m 54 6. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $10.0m $181.7m $8.0m $119.7m 68 7. The Boy And The Heron (various...
Worldwide box office November 3-5 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Five Nights At Freddy’s (Universal) $55.0m $217.1m $35.6m $103.5m 75 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $25.1m $231m $11.6m $65.1m 114 3. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount)
$18.9m $119.2m $11.9m $66.9m 67 4. Last Suspect (various) $17.8m $23.4m $17.8m $23.4m 1 5. Trolls Band Together (Universal)
$13.2m $56.9m $13.2m $56.9m 54 6. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $10.0m $181.7m $8.0m $119.7m 68 7. The Boy And The Heron (various...
- 11/6/2023
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
The final weekend before Halloween is upon us and the masters of horror, Blumhouse, are releasing the highly anticipated video game adaptation of Five Night’s at Freddy’s. The PG13 rated film is seeing a wide release on around 3500 screens with tracking currently having the film hit around $50 million while some see the film hitting as high as $85 million.
The biggest obstacle the film has to overcome is that for some reason, some studio executive at Universal thought it’d be a good idea to give this one a simultaneous release with their Peacock streaming service. So the big question is: will people pay the $10-$20 to see this in theaters or will paying just $5.99 for a month of Peacock be the route a lot of people take? I am not a big supporter of streamers, there are too many and most of them put out maybe one decent movie every three months.
The biggest obstacle the film has to overcome is that for some reason, some studio executive at Universal thought it’d be a good idea to give this one a simultaneous release with their Peacock streaming service. So the big question is: will people pay the $10-$20 to see this in theaters or will paying just $5.99 for a month of Peacock be the route a lot of people take? I am not a big supporter of streamers, there are too many and most of them put out maybe one decent movie every three months.
- 10/26/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Taylor Swift is continuing to demonstrate her tremendous star power as the best-selling, Grammy-winning artist just made history at the box office. Last weekend, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" debuted with a monster $92.8 million opening weekend, instantly giving her the highest-grossing concert film, domestically, in history. Her film managed to stay on top in its second weekend making it the first concert film in history to top the charts for two consecutive weekends.
In its second weekend, "The Eras Tour" took in $33.2 million domestically, per The Numbers. Yes, that represents a pretty steep 64% drop compared to its first weekend, but concert films, historically, have not been week-to-week draws for general audiences. The fact that Swift had more than enough in the tank to beat out Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," which opened to $23.2 million, is impressive. Swift's film version of her blockbuster tour has now earned $131.9 million...
In its second weekend, "The Eras Tour" took in $33.2 million domestically, per The Numbers. Yes, that represents a pretty steep 64% drop compared to its first weekend, but concert films, historically, have not been week-to-week draws for general audiences. The fact that Swift had more than enough in the tank to beat out Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," which opened to $23.2 million, is impressive. Swift's film version of her blockbuster tour has now earned $131.9 million...
- 10/24/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon opened on $44m worldwide.
Worldwide box office October 20-22 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount)
$44m $44m $21m $21m 64 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $41.5m $164.8m $10.5m $35m 36 3. Leo: Bloody Sweet (various) $31.2m $48.5m $29.1m $43.9m 29 4. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $16.2m $148.4m $11.7m $92.3m 67 5. Trolls Band Together (Universal) $14.3m $16.0m $14.3m $16.0m 26 6. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) $13.8m $107.6m $8.2m $53.4m 81 7. Only The River Flows (various) $12.5m $12.5m $12.5m $12.5m 1 8. Under The Light (various) $6.9m $173.1m...
Worldwide box office October 20-22 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Killers Of The Flower Moon (Paramount)
$44m $44m $21m $21m 64 2. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $41.5m $164.8m $10.5m $35m 36 3. Leo: Bloody Sweet (various) $31.2m $48.5m $29.1m $43.9m 29 4. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $16.2m $148.4m $11.7m $92.3m 67 5. Trolls Band Together (Universal) $14.3m $16.0m $14.3m $16.0m 26 6. The Exorcist: Believer (Universal) $13.8m $107.6m $8.2m $53.4m 81 7. Only The River Flows (various) $12.5m $12.5m $12.5m $12.5m 1 8. Under The Light (various) $6.9m $173.1m...
- 10/23/2023
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood loves to repeat success, and now more than ever it needs to. If there’s a promising way to draw people into movie theaters that the industry doesn’t capitalize on, it will only be colluding in the decay of its own future. So when I came out of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” having experienced, for the first time in a while, what it was like a share a concert film with an ecstatic audience, one of my first thoughts was, “How could they do this again?”
You might say that’s a silly question, since it has one obvious answer: They can’t. There is only one Taylor Swift, the most epic global pop superstar since the Michael Jackson of the “Thriller” era. And there is only one Taylor Swift fan base. Until “The Eras Tour,” no concert movie in history has made this kind of money.
You might say that’s a silly question, since it has one obvious answer: They can’t. There is only one Taylor Swift, the most epic global pop superstar since the Michael Jackson of the “Thriller” era. And there is only one Taylor Swift fan base. Until “The Eras Tour,” no concert movie in history has made this kind of money.
- 10/21/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In another remarkable turn in a year full of unlikely box office heroes, pop star Taylor Swift is now the heroine of the fall moviegoing season. As expected, her concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" became a bonafide blockbuster when it hit theaters over the weekend. It scored one of the biggest domestic openings of 2023 thus far and, in the process, shattered a longstanding box office record. Move over Justin Beiber because the Swifties have booted you off the top of the mountain.
"The Eras Tour" took in a wildly impressive $97 million over the weekend in North America alone, per estimates from The Numbers. That's to say nothing of the international numbers. In a single weekend, Swift has taken the crown and now owns the highest-grossing concert film ever domestically, passing "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" ($73 million domestic/$99 million worldwide). That film was released in 2011 at the height of Bieber's initial fame wave,...
"The Eras Tour" took in a wildly impressive $97 million over the weekend in North America alone, per estimates from The Numbers. That's to say nothing of the international numbers. In a single weekend, Swift has taken the crown and now owns the highest-grossing concert film ever domestically, passing "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" ($73 million domestic/$99 million worldwide). That film was released in 2011 at the height of Bieber's initial fame wave,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Taylor Swift’s concert film delivered a $92.8m opening in North America and $30.7m internationally
Worldwide box office Oct 13-15 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $128m $128m $32m $32m 95 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $31.5m $126.4m $24.5m $76.5m 68 3. Exorcist: The Believer (Universal) $26.9m $85m $15.9m $40m 79 4. Under The Light (various) $13.4m $150.1m $13.4m $150.1m 2 5. The Creator (Disney) $10.2m $79.1m $5.9m $46.7m 51 6. The Volunteers: To The War (various) $9.5m $85.9m $9.5m $85.9m 2 7. Saw X (Lionsgate) $9.2m $71.3m $3.5m $29.9m 57 8. The Ex-Files 4: The Marriage...
Worldwide box office Oct 13-15 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $128m $128m $32m $32m 95 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $31.5m $126.4m $24.5m $76.5m 68 3. Exorcist: The Believer (Universal) $26.9m $85m $15.9m $40m 79 4. Under The Light (various) $13.4m $150.1m $13.4m $150.1m 2 5. The Creator (Disney) $10.2m $79.1m $5.9m $46.7m 51 6. The Volunteers: To The War (various) $9.5m $85.9m $9.5m $85.9m 2 7. Saw X (Lionsgate) $9.2m $71.3m $3.5m $29.9m 57 8. The Ex-Files 4: The Marriage...
- 10/16/2023
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
Taylor Swift’s concert film delivered a $96.0m opening in North America and $32.0m internationally
Worldwide box office Oct 13-15 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $128m $128m $32m $32m 95 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $31.5m $126.4m $24.5m $76.5m 68 3. Exorcist: The Believer (Universal) $26.9m $85m $15.9m $40m 79 4. Under The Light (various) $13.4m $150.1m $13.4m $150.1m 2 5. The Creator (Disney) $10.2m $79.1m $5.9m $46.7m 51 6. The Volunteers: To The War (various) $9.5m $85.9m $9.5m $85.9m 2 7. Saw X (Lionsgate) $9.2m $71.3m $3.5m $29.9m 57 8. The Ex-Files 4: The Marriage...
Worldwide box office Oct 13-15 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) 3-day (int’l) Territories 1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various) $128m $128m $32m $32m 95 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $31.5m $126.4m $24.5m $76.5m 68 3. Exorcist: The Believer (Universal) $26.9m $85m $15.9m $40m 79 4. Under The Light (various) $13.4m $150.1m $13.4m $150.1m 2 5. The Creator (Disney) $10.2m $79.1m $5.9m $46.7m 51 6. The Volunteers: To The War (various) $9.5m $85.9m $9.5m $85.9m 2 7. Saw X (Lionsgate) $9.2m $71.3m $3.5m $29.9m 57 8. The Ex-Files 4: The Marriage...
- 10/16/2023
- by Charles Gant
- ScreenDaily
Box office phenomenon ranks second in all-time October opening weekend pantheon behind ‘Joker’.
Update: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour debuted at number one and became the highest grossing concert film at the North American box office in its opening weekend with a confirmed $92.8m bow.
While the opening fell below the $100m predicted in recent weeks and Sunday’s $95m-$97m estimated three-day range, that does not alter the fact that the release is a box office phenomenon and grossed enough to surpass the previous high water mark of $73m set by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never in 2011.
The...
Update: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour debuted at number one and became the highest grossing concert film at the North American box office in its opening weekend with a confirmed $92.8m bow.
While the opening fell below the $100m predicted in recent weeks and Sunday’s $95m-$97m estimated three-day range, that does not alter the fact that the release is a box office phenomenon and grossed enough to surpass the previous high water mark of $73m set by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never in 2011.
The...
- 10/15/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour may have missed the century mark in regards to a domestic opening, but the 12x Grammy winner was always guaranteed that number worldwide, with AMC reporting this Am that the Sam Wrench-directed concert pic has racked up $126M-$130M. The international box office opening is estimated at $31M-$33M. AMC is reporting a range à la North America; this the first time the circuit has handled a global theatrical-day-and-date release of this magnitude. Note, we never saw this hitting $200M WW; overseas was always going to be light and at this point remains at the lower-end of expectations.
AMC is calling the domestic opening between $95M-$97M today, however, rival studios see it lower at $94.3M. At the latter level, it’s the second best opening for October Stateside. Anything north of Joker‘s $96.2M stateside debut is an October domestic opening record.
AMC is calling the domestic opening between $95M-$97M today, however, rival studios see it lower at $94.3M. At the latter level, it’s the second best opening for October Stateside. Anything north of Joker‘s $96.2M stateside debut is an October domestic opening record.
- 10/15/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s official: Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concert film is the highest-grossing concert film in domestic box office history — and it only took her four days to achieve the feat.
According to Variety, the film earned between $95 and $97 million in its opening weekend, surpassing the entire $73 million domestic box office total of the previous record holder, 2011’s Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
The film received a surprise early opening on Thursday, October 12th, and went to a wider release on Friday, October 13th. Across 3,850 North American theaters, with a total of 4,150 international venues, tickets went for $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for children and seniors. Through pre-sales alone, the movie broke the single-day sales record at AMC.
Michael Jackson’s posthumous 2009 concert film, This Is It, currently holds the world-wide record for the top-grossing concert film with a global box office total of $380 million.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was...
According to Variety, the film earned between $95 and $97 million in its opening weekend, surpassing the entire $73 million domestic box office total of the previous record holder, 2011’s Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
The film received a surprise early opening on Thursday, October 12th, and went to a wider release on Friday, October 13th. Across 3,850 North American theaters, with a total of 4,150 international venues, tickets went for $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for children and seniors. Through pre-sales alone, the movie broke the single-day sales record at AMC.
Michael Jackson’s posthumous 2009 concert film, This Is It, currently holds the world-wide record for the top-grossing concert film with a global box office total of $380 million.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was...
- 10/15/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Film News
It’s official: Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concert film is the highest-grossing concert film in domestic box office history — and it only took her four days to achieve the feat.
According to Variety, the film earned between $95 and $97 million in its opening weekend, surpassing the entire $73 million domestic box office total of the previous record holder, 2011’s Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
The film received a surprise early opening on Thursday, October 12th, and went to a wider release on Friday, October 13th. Across 3,850 North American theaters, with a total of 4,150 international venues, tickets went for $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for children and seniors. Through pre-sales alone, the movie broke the single-day sales record at AMC.
Michael Jackson’s posthumous 2009 concert film, This Is It, currently holds the world-wide record for the top-grossing concert film with a global box office total of $380 million.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was...
According to Variety, the film earned between $95 and $97 million in its opening weekend, surpassing the entire $73 million domestic box office total of the previous record holder, 2011’s Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
The film received a surprise early opening on Thursday, October 12th, and went to a wider release on Friday, October 13th. Across 3,850 North American theaters, with a total of 4,150 international venues, tickets went for $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for children and seniors. Through pre-sales alone, the movie broke the single-day sales record at AMC.
Michael Jackson’s posthumous 2009 concert film, This Is It, currently holds the world-wide record for the top-grossing concert film with a global box office total of $380 million.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was...
- 10/15/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will likely conclude as the highest grossing concert tour of all time, and now it’s its accompanying concert film has the potential for a similar distinction. The Eras Tour movie debuted this weekend with an estimated $95 to $97 million, according to the film’s distributor AMC Theaters.
Swift made history before the film had even hit theaters; its advance ticket sales alone were enough to put the Eras Tour movie among the highest-grossing concert films of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber’s 2011 concert movie Never Say Never,...
Swift made history before the film had even hit theaters; its advance ticket sales alone were enough to put the Eras Tour movie among the highest-grossing concert films of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber’s 2011 concert movie Never Say Never,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Talk about champagne problems.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour may have fallen just short of an expected $100 million debut at the domestic box office, but it still did enchanting business. The female-fueled concert film opened to an estimated $95 million to $97 million from 3,850 theaters, thanks to the superstar’s powerful fandom. AMC Theatres, which is distributing the movie, is breaking from the norm and not giving a weekend estimate that is usually provided by Hollywood studios on Sunday morning. Instead, it will wait until Monday morning to declare an official gross.
Swift’s movie has much to celebrate in already becoming the top-grossing concert film of all time in North America in its first weekend, as well as possibly beating Joker ($96.2 million) to serve up the biggest October opening of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
In an unprecedented move, Swift’s team bypassed Hollywood studios and chose AMC Theatres, the world’s biggest cinema circuit,...
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour may have fallen just short of an expected $100 million debut at the domestic box office, but it still did enchanting business. The female-fueled concert film opened to an estimated $95 million to $97 million from 3,850 theaters, thanks to the superstar’s powerful fandom. AMC Theatres, which is distributing the movie, is breaking from the norm and not giving a weekend estimate that is usually provided by Hollywood studios on Sunday morning. Instead, it will wait until Monday morning to declare an official gross.
Swift’s movie has much to celebrate in already becoming the top-grossing concert film of all time in North America in its first weekend, as well as possibly beating Joker ($96.2 million) to serve up the biggest October opening of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
In an unprecedented move, Swift’s team bypassed Hollywood studios and chose AMC Theatres, the world’s biggest cinema circuit,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taylor Swift is a box office mastermind.
Based on early grosses pouring in, the superstar’s new concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is headed for a domestic opening of $100 million, per AMC Theatres’ estimates. Hollywood studios are estimating an opening weekend range of $90 million-$110 million, but AMC is sticking to its original number.
The movie grossed a huge $39 million on Friday, on par with such tentpoles as Spider-Man: No Way Home ($39.2 million), and it’s the second-biggest Friday gross for an October movie behind Joker ($39.4 million), not adjusted for inflation.
It has a shot at snagging the biggest October opening of all time in North America if it bests Joker ($96.2 million), according to Comscore. By the weekend’s end, it is assured of already being the top-grossing concert film of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
Eras Tour was graced with a coveted A+ CinemaScore by audiences and...
Based on early grosses pouring in, the superstar’s new concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is headed for a domestic opening of $100 million, per AMC Theatres’ estimates. Hollywood studios are estimating an opening weekend range of $90 million-$110 million, but AMC is sticking to its original number.
The movie grossed a huge $39 million on Friday, on par with such tentpoles as Spider-Man: No Way Home ($39.2 million), and it’s the second-biggest Friday gross for an October movie behind Joker ($39.4 million), not adjusted for inflation.
It has a shot at snagging the biggest October opening of all time in North America if it bests Joker ($96.2 million), according to Comscore. By the weekend’s end, it is assured of already being the top-grossing concert film of all time, not adjusted for inflation.
Eras Tour was graced with a coveted A+ CinemaScore by audiences and...
- 10/14/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Competition comes from Paramount’s ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Sumotherhood’.
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
by Cláudio Alves
With Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour coming to theaters today and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé set to arrive in December, 2023 could signal the return of the concert film in full force. At the very least, both projects are bound to break records. Swift's movie is already on the way to becoming the most profitable concert film in history, close to surpassing Michael Jackson's This Is It just with advance ticket sales. Hopefully, this triumph will be reflected in the picture's quality, though, with such titles, success is measured more in terms of the artists' popularity than the piece's cinematic verve. Still, it'd be erroneous to dismiss concert films for this reason – there are many masterpieces to be found in the non-fiction subgenre.
So, dear reader, what's your favorite concert film? My pick is after the jump…...
With Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour coming to theaters today and Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé set to arrive in December, 2023 could signal the return of the concert film in full force. At the very least, both projects are bound to break records. Swift's movie is already on the way to becoming the most profitable concert film in history, close to surpassing Michael Jackson's This Is It just with advance ticket sales. Hopefully, this triumph will be reflected in the picture's quality, though, with such titles, success is measured more in terms of the artists' popularity than the piece's cinematic verve. Still, it'd be erroneous to dismiss concert films for this reason – there are many masterpieces to be found in the non-fiction subgenre.
So, dear reader, what's your favorite concert film? My pick is after the jump…...
- 10/13/2023
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Clockwise from top left: Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Emi); Stop Making Sense (Palm Pictures); Prince: Sign O The Times (Cineplex Odeon Films); Madonna: Truth Or Dare (DVD: Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment); Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce (Netflix); U2: Rattle And Hum (Paramount Pictures)Graphic: Libby...
- 10/12/2023
- by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- avclub.com
The Swifties are getting ready to make box office history.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is headed for a record global opening for a concert film of $150 million to $200 million, including $100 million to $125 million in North America and $50 million to $75 million overseas.
AMC Theatres, which is distributing the concert pic on behalf of the superstar pop singer, is sticking to the more conservative estimate of $150 million globally, including $100 million domestically.
Swift’s film will begin screening 6 p.m. local time on Friday in more than 8,500 cinemas in roughly 100 countries, including in every AMC location in the U.S. Generally, a movie holds previews Thursday night before officially opening on Friday morning. (Eras Tour‘s truncated release makes it more difficult to predict its opening.)
In an unprecedented move, Swift’s team bypassed Hollywood studios and partnered directly with the world’s largest exhibitor — to bring the film to the big screen.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is headed for a record global opening for a concert film of $150 million to $200 million, including $100 million to $125 million in North America and $50 million to $75 million overseas.
AMC Theatres, which is distributing the concert pic on behalf of the superstar pop singer, is sticking to the more conservative estimate of $150 million globally, including $100 million domestically.
Swift’s film will begin screening 6 p.m. local time on Friday in more than 8,500 cinemas in roughly 100 countries, including in every AMC location in the U.S. Generally, a movie holds previews Thursday night before officially opening on Friday morning. (Eras Tour‘s truncated release makes it more difficult to predict its opening.)
In an unprecedented move, Swift’s team bypassed Hollywood studios and partnered directly with the world’s largest exhibitor — to bring the film to the big screen.
- 10/10/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The fall season has been off to a relatively slow start at the box office. September can be a bit of a dead-ish month, but this year saw solid hits such as "The Nun II" and "The Equalizer 3." Even so, theater owners could use a big breakout blockbuster hit. Well, they're about to get just that, and it's Taylor Swift to the rescue. The mega pop star is set to bring her latest arena tour to theaters next weekend with "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," which was announced at the end of August scarcely over a month ago. But Swift didn't need any more time to carve a record-breaking path for her much-anticipated concert film.
Despite the fact that the promotional campaign for the film has felt a little muted, it appears that hasn't hurt ticket sales one bit. Swifties are perfectly capable of rising to the occasion on their own.
Despite the fact that the promotional campaign for the film has felt a little muted, it appears that hasn't hurt ticket sales one bit. Swifties are perfectly capable of rising to the occasion on their own.
- 10/6/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Sources are telling us that the first-day presales for the top three exhibitors stateside for Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé is estimated to be around $6M-$7M+.
Movies with similar first day pre-sales figures include Avatar: The Way of Water ($5.5M), Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 ($6M) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($6.5M).
Note these figures do not come from AMC. An official number from AMC could conceivably come in higher, if they release one. We understand that on Fandango, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour tickets outsold Beyonce 7-to-1 on day one. Top three chains stateside are AMC, Regal and Cinemark.
News about the AMC-distributed concert docu movie leaked over the weekend before it was made official by the 32 Grammy winner on social media portal on late Sunday night. Deadline knew before anyone that the theatrical release date was Dec. 1, a post-Thanksgiving frame which is a very...
Movies with similar first day pre-sales figures include Avatar: The Way of Water ($5.5M), Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 ($6M) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($6.5M).
Note these figures do not come from AMC. An official number from AMC could conceivably come in higher, if they release one. We understand that on Fandango, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour tickets outsold Beyonce 7-to-1 on day one. Top three chains stateside are AMC, Regal and Cinemark.
News about the AMC-distributed concert docu movie leaked over the weekend before it was made official by the 32 Grammy winner on social media portal on late Sunday night. Deadline knew before anyone that the theatrical release date was Dec. 1, a post-Thanksgiving frame which is a very...
- 10/3/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International announced on Tuesday that Universal will serve as the international distributor for the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, starring the pop superstar’s nephew Jaafar Jackson, which we were first to report on. Uni will handle all territories apart from Japan, with Lionsgate repping the film on the domestic front.
Antoine Fuqua will direct the film from a script by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan, with Graham King (Bohemian Rhapsody) producing alongside John Branca and John McClain, the co-executors of the Michael Jackson Estate. Production is set to kick off as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike resolves.
Michael promises to give audiences a never-before-told and in-depth portrayal of the complicated man who became the King of Pop. The film will explore all aspects of Jackson’s life, including his most iconic performances that led him to become one of the most beloved entertainers of all time.
Antoine Fuqua will direct the film from a script by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan, with Graham King (Bohemian Rhapsody) producing alongside John Branca and John McClain, the co-executors of the Michael Jackson Estate. Production is set to kick off as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike resolves.
Michael promises to give audiences a never-before-told and in-depth portrayal of the complicated man who became the King of Pop. The film will explore all aspects of Jackson’s life, including his most iconic performances that led him to become one of the most beloved entertainers of all time.
- 10/3/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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