Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film has grossed $31 million in its second weekend at the domestic boxoffice, according to boxofficemojo.com. This brings its total gross after two weekends to nearly $130 million, which extends its lead as the highest-grossing music concert film of all time.
The film first claimed that record when it grossed $92.8 million at the domestic box office in its first weekend.
Taylor Swift’s film is also the first concert film to top the domestic box office for two weekends. Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Michael Jackson’s This Is It and One Direction: This Is Us each logged one week on top.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is already one of the 20 highest-grossing films (of any type) of 2023.
The Eras Tour film was shot over the course of Swift’s first three shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., where she performed a total of six shows in early August. It was directed by Sam Wrench, who received a Grammy nomination late last year for directing Billie Eilish Live at the O2, which was a contender for best music film. He has also worked on projects by BTS, Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Mary J. Blige.
The film premiered on Wednesday (Oct. 11) at The Grove in Los Angeles. A host of VIPs were on hand — from fellow pop queen Beyoncé to Adam Sandler, Maren Morris and Julia Garner. Billboard’s Katie Atkinson, who attended one of Swift’s SoFi shows and also covered an earlier Swift show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, was at the premiere and filed this report.
Here are the 10 highest-grossing music concert films, according to boxofficemojo.com. This list counts only domestic box-office receipts, which explains the absence of previous Swift projects such as the Netflix documentary Miss Americana (2020).
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