It seems that Taylor Swift is having one of the best years of her professional career. Not only has she had unprecedented success with her Eras Tour, which is estimated to bring in $1.4 billion upon completion, but the theatrical version of her grossed $37 million in its first 24 hours of release. presale. The only film that has had a higher pre-sale of tickets is Avengers: Endgame with $50 million dollars. So it’s no surprise that multiple exhibitors, according to Varietyestimate that The Eras Tour: Film Concert rack up more than $100 million during its opening weekend in the United States, which would give it a better opening at the box office than almost all the movies of 2023.
In reality, only five movies this year have broken the $100 million barrier for their local debut: Barbie ($162 million), Super Mario Bros. The Movie ($146.3 million), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($120.6 million), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($118.4 million USD) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($106.1 million USD).
In a nutshell, The Eras Tour: Film Concert It could have a better premiere than several of the most anticipated films of this 2023. But if you don’t remember what else has hit theaters this year, here we select 10 outstanding examples:
john wick 4 (Dir. Chad Stahelski)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $73.8 million
This film, which apparently marked the end of the journey of its main character played by Keanu Reeves, is the best rated in the saga with a 94% approval on Rotten Tomatoes and that was reflected at the box office: the best opening weekend of the franchise. As if that wasn’t enough, J.ohn wick it’s only one of five franchises in history that has seen increased profits with each installment.
fast and furious x (Dir. Louis Leterrier)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $67 million
The penultimate entry in this wacky franchise marked the return of a fan-favorite character: Luke Hobbs, played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. But even so did not translate into an increase in the enthusiasm of the fans, being the seventh worst debut of the entire franchise. Although in the end it generated $719 million dollars. Given its $340 million budget, it will barely make a profit for Universal Pictures.
The little Mermaid (Dir. Rob Marshall)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $95.5 million
Without including the profits from the Monday holiday for Memorial Day -which would increase its collection to $117.4 million dollars-, The Eras Tour: Film Concert would also surpass the controversial live action Starring Halle Bailey. The little Mermaid had the fifth best opening for a remake based on a Disney classic.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Dir. Steven Caple Jr.)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $61 million
In this new movie from the Transformers universe, it was confirmed that the saga will cross paths with another very popular Hasbro property: GI Joe. And that wasn’t enough to make it a hit either. With a final collection of $437.9 million dollars, the awakening of the beasts it is the lowest grossing installment of the entire Paramount Pictures franchise.
Indiana Jones and the dial of fate (Dir. James Mangold)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $60.3 million
Indiana jumped on the trend of dealing with time manipulations. This time, the archaeologist reached where no other had: ancient Greece, meeting Archimedes in person. Despite being Ford’s farewell, it was another of the great disappointments of the summer and is estimated to record losses of at least $100 million for Disney.
Mission Impossible: Deadly Judgment – Part 1 (Dir. Christopher McQuarrie)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $54.6 million
Although the franchise Mission Impossible has never been characterized by its big openings at the box office, analysts certainly expected a little more from Deadly sentence. It’s special, after Tom’s success last year with Top Gun: Maverick and the good reviews from the public and critics towards this seventh installment. With an exorbitant budget, this is another $100 million loss-making movie.
oppenheimer (Dir. Christopher Nolan)
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: $82.4 million
oppenheimer became a cultural phenomenon as a result of its association with the film Barbie for their simultaneous release dates. The call “Barbenheimer” gave both films a big boost, as this biography about the “father of the atomic bomb” became the best premiere in Christopher Nolan’s career outside of his trilogy. Batman. However, not even with that is enough to get ahead against the interest it generates. The Eras Tour: Film Concert.
The DC releases: Shazam! The fury of the gods, Flash and Blue Beetle
- Box office performance during its first weekend in the United States: ohShazam! The fury of the gods debuted with $30.1 million, Flash with $55 million and Blue Beetle with $25 million.
Faced with the uncertainty of a universe without both tails or head, the public seemed to have turned its back on the brand several launches ago. However, after a reboot was confirmed, with the appointment of James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-chairman of DC Studios, what little interest remained in the remaining projects died out. The combined debut of the three films barely exceeds $110 million. Will Taylor Swift manage to match or exceed that number in her first weekend?
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