Singer Taylor Swift conquers the top of the North American box office with “gigantic figures” according to experts.
American pop superstar Taylor Swift filled cinemas across North America over the weekend thanks to The Eras Tourfilmed during his tour.
According to estimates, the film grossed $96 million in revenue during its first weekend. “These are extraordinary beginnings”estimated analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Box office sales between Friday and Sunday for this opus which includes scenes filmed during three different concerts were certainly lower than certain forecasts, but this remains “gigantic figures”according to the expert.
“Until now, the prize for the best grossing of films shot at concerts went to Justin Bieber with Never Say Neverwhich grossed a total of $73 million in 2011, and the film This Is It released a few months after Michael Jackson’s death in 2009, with $72.1 million.”added David A. Gross.
Records exploded in three days
Taylor Swift shattered those records in just three days, making it the best weekend at the North American box office since this summer’s simultaneous release of barbie And Oppenheimer. The AMC theater chain that distributes the film encouraged spectators to dance, sing, and generally act as if they were at a real concert.
Far behind, in second place, is The Exorcist: Devotionwhich collected $11 million in revenue, according to the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
Leslie Odom Jr. and Ann Dowd star in this new horror film, 50 years after the original. In 3rd place, we find the animated film for children PAW Patrol: Super Patrol with 7 million dollars in tickets sold at the box office. Another horror film follows, Saw X ($5.7 million), which received positive reviews in the press.
The science fiction film The Creatorwhich pits John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe and Allison Janney against artificial intelligence, is in 5th place with $4.3 million.
Here is the rest of the top 10:
6. Mystery in Venice ($2.1 million)
7. The Blind ($2 million)
8. The Nun: The Curse of Saint Lucy ($1.6 million)
9. Equalizer 3 ($960,000)
10. Dumb Money ($920,000)