Taylor Swift's 'The Eras Tour' Boosts Box Office: $95+ opening – as it happened 

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AMC/Variance's "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" is performing slightly below pre-release expectations in its opening weekend in October.

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The film's Friday-Sunday box office take domestically is estimated to be between $95 million and $97 million.

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Prior to its release, AMC had predicted a $100 million domestic debut for the concert film.

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The goal of which was to surpass the record of $96.2 million set by "Joker" in October 2019.

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Weekend earnings released on Sunday morning are preliminary figures based on Friday and Saturday earnings.

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Although the film may not break the October opening weekend record, AMC and other theater chains aren't worried about slightly lower-than-expected numbers.

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The film still managed a significant increase in overall weekend box office revenue, levels not reached since "Barbie" took the top spot two months earlier.

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Taylor Swift's concert epic has already surpassed the unadjusted grosses of "Michael Jackson: This Is It" ($72 million in 2009) and "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" ($73 million in 2011).

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