Can Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film save movie theaters?
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Taylor Swift's star power has reached the big screen amid her unprecedented "Eras Tour" success, with a movie version of the concert opening in theaters this week across the U.S. and abroad.
"Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" premiered Thursday, a day ahead of its scheduled release, due to unprecedented demand. Early ticket sales numbers from more than 8,500 theaters globally show it is already on track to become the highest-grossing concert film ever, beating out "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," which grossed more than $73 million at the domestic box office. It brought in $29.5 million domestically opening weekend, according to Comscore.
The Swift movie has already raked in $100 million in advance ticket sales across the world, AMC theatres said. It also shattered AMC's U.S. record for the highest ticket-sales revenue in a single day in under 24 hours, AMC said.