MOVIE theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the United States and beyond. This unparalleled enthusiasm helped propel "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" to a massive, first-place debut between $95 million and $97 million in North America, AMC Theaters said on Sunday.
It's easily the biggest opening for a concert film of all time, and, not accounting for inflation, has made more than the $73 million "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" earned in 2011. In today's dollars, that would be about $102 million. And if it comes in on the higher end of projections when totals are released on Monday, it could be the biggest October opening ever. The one to beat is "Joker," which debuted to $96.2 million in 2019.
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