Despite losing to Barbie for a Golden Globe last night, Taylor Swift is still making history with her concert film.
While fans enjoyed the videos of Taylor starting a standing ovation when Barbie beat her concert tour by winning the Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box-Office Achievement, Swift was making history of her own when her concert film became officially the highest-grossing film in box office history among concert films and documentary films- so we are assuming she is not disappointed.
The concert film, which already held the box office record for the highest-grossing concert film, earned $8.7 million in China this past week after opening on Dec. 31. Combined with its international and domestic performances, the film has now made $261.6 million globally. This passes the previous global box office record-holder for a documentary – Michael Jackson’s This Is It – which earned $261.2 million globally after its release in 2009. TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film set the domestic and global record for a concert film on its opening weekend, AMC announced.
Adam Aron, Chairman & CEO of AMC Entertainment, said, “On behalf of all of us at AMC Theatres, I send my congratulations and eternal gratitude to Taylor Swift for her remarkable and record-setting box office performance with TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film. Her spectacular performance delighted fans around the world and serves as another strong reminder about the power of extraordinary filmmaking and magic of movie theaters.”
Taylor Swift has broken records this year with her extremely successful Era’s Tour and her Era’s Tour Concert Film, making 2023 officially the year of Taylor Swift. It seems that 2024 is shaping up to be no different.
The Era’s Tour Concert Film is available to stream on platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, or YouTube, or you can still catch a showing in select AMC theatres.
The show is on hiatus now, but Taylor will resume her record-breaking Era’s Tour in February in Japan.