Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie becomes one of the biggest box office openings of 2023

Well, Swiftmania keeps growing stronger as Taylor Swift: The Eras becomes one of the biggest box office domestic openings of 2023.

Step aside Barbenheimer, as the new film following the singer on her world-renowned tour has earned an estimated $95 to $97 million, according to the film’s distributor AMC Theaters.

Impressively enough, the movie made history before its opening weekend, as it became one of the highest-grossing concert films of all time, surpassing Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never, which has an all-time domestic box office gross of $73 million, as per The Numbers.

With a $95 to $97 million opening weekend, the film automatically places in the top 10 openings of this year.

Well, Swifties, if you couldn’t get a ticket to the tour, you might just want to grab a choc top and head to the theaters this weekend.

The film, directed by Sam Wrench, follows the ‘Cardigan’ singer and her dancers on her 2023-2024 world tour.

But it’s not just attracting major ticket sales; critics are also raving.

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Adrian Horton, writer for The Guardian, said the film points out ‘the intoxication’ of being in Swift’s ‘temple’.

“The film captures the singer in such crystal, steady vision that you can collect treasures of details – the individual sequins on her couture bodysuits, the scuff marks on her stage,” she added.

Roy Sheffield of Rolling Stone said the interactive theatrical experience cleverly avoids all the concert movie cliches to breathe new life into the genre.

“..No fan interviews, no backstage melodrama, no voice-over explication, just a night of music where everybody is a star,” he wrote.

“Just as the tour is more daft and ambitious than anything else she’s tried onstage, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is unlike anything else she — or anyone else — has done onscreen,” Sheffield added.

While writer for the Sydney Morning Herald Nell Geraets hailed the film as an ‘extraordinary ode to Swift’s fans’ and gave it four stars.

“When the camera strays from the star, it lands on members of the crowd – adoring fans with tears streaking down their faces. It’s fandom at its rawest; it’s witnessing a young girl seeing her idol in the flesh for the first time. These shots lift the curtain, revealing the driving force behind Swift’s mega-fame,” she said.

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Charisa Bossinakis