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AMC Theatres brought in an eye-popping amount of money from Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert film during the movie theater chain’s first 24 hours of advanced ticket sales.
In just one day, the concert film, titled "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour," produced $26 million in ticket pre-sales, the company said Friday. Those ticket sales poured in on Thursday after AMC revealed it would be showing the nearly 3-hour film at its locations.
"Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" debuts Oct. 13.
Taylor Swift gave bonuses to her entire team, including her dancers. (Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / Getty Images)
AMC reported its Thursday pre-sale revenue results as achieving a "new record for ticket sales for a single title on one day." It was $9.1 million more in advance ticket sales revenue than the prior record set by "Spider-man: No Way Home."
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AMC said the number of screens playing the concert film at "numerous" U.S. locations in the U.S. will increase in response to "extraordinary" demand. Its movie theaters will offer four daily showtimes of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at a minimum Thursday through Sunday, according to the company.
Moviegoers at a screening of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" at an AMC theater Sept. 4, 2021, in Monterey Park, Calif. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images / Getty Images)
In addition to showing the concert movie, AMC has also been tasked with distributing it to other theater chains. Deals have already been inked with Cinemark and Regal in the U.S., with other companies getting them for Canada and Mexico.
AMC pointed to Swifties unable to score tickets for the tour or concertgoers who wanted to see more as driving box office demand.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMC | AMC ENTERTAINMENT | 5.04 | +0.09 | +1.82% |
Swift has performed over 50 shows in the U.S. during her Eras Tour.
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Her production has been lucrative for the cities she has brought it to, providing an economic boost to tourism, hospitality and other sectors.
Ralph Schulz, CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, previously said in a statement to FOX Business that the Eras Tour "generated tens of millions in direct visitor spending, boosting local businesses and supporting job growth," when it visited Music City.
Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Paycor Stadium June 30, 2023, in Cincinnati. (Taylor Hill/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management / Getty Images)
The superstar has more U.S. dates and a slew of international dates in the pipeline. Miami will next see her take the stage, with a trio of dates set for Oct. 18-20, according to Swift’s website.
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AMC's single-day advance ticket sales revenue record isn’t the only one recently broken.
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In late July, the movie theater chain said the "highest recorded" weekly admissions revenue in its 103 years of operations happened in the week of July 21-27. It largely credited the movies "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer."
AMC operates 10,500 screens in some 950 theaters around the world.
Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report.