(Los Angeles) American superstar Taylor Swift’s concert film remained at the top of the box office for its second weekend in North American theaters, ahead of Martin Scorsese’s new film, according to figures released Sunday by the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations.
According to these estimates, The Eras Tour grossed $31 million in theaters in the United States and Canada, after already a huge success during the first weekend.
Ticket pre-sales had totaled more than $100 million. And when the film was released in theaters, fans of the country music singer sometimes showed up in cowboy boots, with American theaters even encouraging customers to dance, sing or take selfies during the film. projection.
This pop wave prioritizes Killers of the Flower Moonthe latest film from Martin Scorsese, which racked up $23 million in its first weekend in theaters.
“It’s a very good start” for this feature film which benefits from “superb reviews”, notes specialist David Gross of FranchiseRe.
The 3h26 film, which brings together for the first time the director’s two favorite actors, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, recounts the murders that targeted the Osage Native American people to monopolize their oil wealth, in early Oklahoma. of the XXth century.
In third position is The Exorcist: Believer with $5.6 million in revenue. Leslie Odom Junior and Ann Dowd star in this new horror film, 50 years after the original.
At the foot of the podium we find the animated film for children PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie with $4.5 million in tickets sold at the box office.
Then comes the rebroadcast of The Nightmare Before Christmasfamous animated film imagined by Tim Burton and released in 1993, with 4.1 million dollars.
Here is the rest of the top 10 :
6. Saw X ($3.6 million)
7. The Creator (2.6 million)
8. A Haunting in Venice (1.1 million)
9. The Blind (1 million)
10. The Nun II ($887,000)