Will Movie Theatres Become the New Stadium?

Since August 31, 2023, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” has taken the box office by storm. The film opened to $92.8 million in sales in North America and $30.7 million internationally, bringing its opening weekend sales to $123.5 million globally. The film falls right behind Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concert documentary which grossed $286.1 million in sales. With Beyonce soon joining the concert film craze, concert films might become the new best way to enjoy a concert, without spending your life savings. 

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert film was the biggest concert film to hit cinemas since the release of Michael Jackson's "This Is It" concert documentary in 2009.  

"I loved it," Baldwin senior Megan Gossell said when expressing how she felt about the film. "It allowed me to experience the concert when I wasn't able to go see it in real life."  

In many reviews, this is what people said when referring to how the film affected them directly.  

“This immediately goes on the list of great concert documentaries," a top critic on Rotten Tomatoes said.  

Even though this film falls slightly behind the "This Is It" concert documentary globally, The Eras Tour film is the highest-grossing concert film release of all time in the U.S. 

Beyonce will soon be joining the list of artists by coming out with her concert film about her most recent Renaissance World Tour. Her film will hit theatres starting on December 1 in the U.S. The film earned around $6-7 million on the first day of presale and is expected to make around $80 million on opening weekend.