Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour dominates the weekend box office setting a record
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was the top of the weekend box office setting a record for the largest opening for a concert film. The movie grossed an estimated $96 million domestically and $32 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $128 million. It’ll be interesting to see how well the film does over time, but it’s another film headlined by a woman who has saved this year’s box office.
The Exorcist: Believer tumbled to second place as expected dropping 58.5% from the previous weekend. The movied grossed an estimated $11 million to bring its domestic total to $44.9 million. Over the week, it added $22.1 million to its international total to bring it a little over $40 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just under $85 million.
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie added $7 million to its domestic total which is now $49.9 million. Internationally, the film has grossed $76.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $126.4 million.
Saw X added $5.7 million to its domestic total to bring that $41.4 million. After no change last week, the international total ha now increased to $29.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $71.3 million.
The Creator rounded out the top five with an estimated $4.3 million to bring its domestic total to $32.4 million. Internationally, the film added $9.8 million to its total to bring that to $46.7 million. Worldwide, the film stands at $79.1 million.
In comic film news…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem grossed $224,000 domestically bringing its total to $118.4 million. Internationally, the movie added $800,000 where it has now grossed $61.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has brought in $180.3 million.
Blue Beetle domestically added about $700,000 to its total over the week to bring that to $71.9 million. Internationally it remained steady at $56.8 million. The movie has grossed $128.7 million worldwide.
Shortcomings, based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine grossed about $9,000 over the week domestically to bring its total to $675,257. There’s now some international gross reported of $10,227, an increase of about $300. Worldwide, the film has grossed $685,484.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse looks like it remained steady domestically at $381.3 million. Internationally, the film was steady at $308.7 million. Worldwide, the move has grossed $690 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 59 films earning $132,503,573 from 34,388 theaters. That’s about a 50% increase from last weekend’s $72,557,841 from 35,159 theaters and 59 films. The average earning was $3,853.19 this past weekend, about double the previous weekend’s $2,063.71.