Theater owners are predicting that the 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' concert film could open to a record $100 million. Several exhibition sources told this to The Hollywood Reporter and based on the brisk advance ticket sales, they also aren't ruling out that the movie could ultimately gross $150 million or more domestically.
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00:00 - Welcome to the heiress tour.
00:01 (audience cheering)
00:03 - Theater owners are predicting that the Taylor Swift
00:05 The Heiress Tour concert film
00:07 could open to a record $100 million.
00:10 Several exhibition sources told this
00:12 to The Hollywood Reporter.
00:13 And based on the brisk advance ticket sales,
00:15 they also aren't ruling out that the movie
00:17 could ultimately gross $150 million or more domestically.
00:21 It's almost certain that the film will break the record
00:23 for top grossing concert film at the domestic box office.
00:26 To date, 2011's Justin Bieber Never Say Never
00:29 holds that record with $73 million,
00:31 not adjusted for inflation.
00:33 Taylor Swift The Heiress Tour is set to hit theaters
00:35 across the US and Canada for several weekends
00:38 beginning on October 13th.
00:39 AMC's presales for the concert film
00:41 hit a record shattering $26 million
00:44 within the first 24 hours.
00:46 (audience cheering)
00:48 - Welcome to the acoustic setting of Unheavened Love.
00:52 - A box office boost is welcome news for theater owners
00:54 amid the ongoing writers and actor strikes,
00:57 which have prompted high profile movies
00:58 like Craven the Hunter and Dune Part Two
01:00 to delay their releases.
01:02 For more on this story and the latest box office news,
01:04 head to thr.com.
01:06 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:09 (upbeat music)
01:11 (air whooshing)