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TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Is Now the Highest Grossing Theatrical Release in History Among Concert and Documentary Films

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Monday, January 8, 2024
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TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film is distributed by AMC Theatres Distribution, with sub distribution partners: Alibaba Pictures in China, Cineplex in Canada, Cinepolis in Mexico and Latin America, Variance Films in the United States, and Trafalgar Releasing in the rest of the world.

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  • TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film is distributed by AMC Theatres Distribution, with sub distribution partners: Alibaba Pictures in China, Cineplex in Canada, Cinepolis in Mexico and Latin America, Variance Films in the United States, and Trafalgar Releasing in the rest of the world.
  • The concert film, which already held the box office record for highest grossing concert film, earned $8.7 million in China this past week after opening on Dec. 31.
  • TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film set the domestic and global record for a concert film on its opening weekend.
  • Adam Aron, Chairman & CEO of AMC Entertainment, said, “On behalf of all of us at AMC Theatres, I send my congratulations and eternal gratitude to Taylor Swift for her remarkable and record-setting box office performance with TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film.

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Crosses $100 Million in Global Advance Ticket Sales Revenue More Than a Week Before the Movie Debuts at More Than 8,500 Theatres in 100 Countries Worldwide on Friday, October 13

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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On October 13, TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film will start playing in most of the confirmed 8,500 theatres across 100 countries around the world.

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  • On October 13, TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film will start playing in most of the confirmed 8,500 theatres across 100 countries around the world.
  • Audience demand for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film has been incredible from the moment it was first announced.
  • It took less than 24 hours for the TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film to shatter AMC’s U.S. record for the highest ticket-sales revenue during a single day in AMC’s 103-year history.
  • TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film will play at least four showtimes per day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at all AMC locations in the U.S.

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Shatters Advance Ticket Sales Records at AMC Theatres®: $26 Million in Ticket Revenue Sold on Thursday

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Friday, September 1, 2023
Entertainment, General Entertainment, Film & Motion Pictures, Celebrity, Music, Events, Concerts, Variance Films, ERAS, AMC, Sale, Cinépolis, WAY, AMC Theatres, The Sundays, Cinemark Theatres, Fandango Media, NYSE, Film industry, Regal, Cineplex

The film, which was announced with tickets on sale Thursday morning, shattered records for single-day advance ticket sales revenue at AMC.

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  • The film, which was announced with tickets on sale Thursday morning, shattered records for single-day advance ticket sales revenue at AMC.
  • Thursday’s ticket sales represented $26 million in ticket-sales revenue, a new record for ticket sales for a single title on one day at AMC.
  • Additionally, less than three hours after tickets went on sale for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film, it shattered the first-day, 24-hour ticket sales revenue record at AMC, previously held by SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME in 2021.
  • During its run at AMC, TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film will play at least four showtimes per day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, at every AMC theatre location in the United States.

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR History-Making, Record-Breaking Concert Film Experience Comes to AMC Theatres® and to Other Movie Operators in the Theatrical Event of the Millennium

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert was attended by more than three million Taylor Swift fans during the first leg of its U.S. run.

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  • TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert was attended by more than three million Taylor Swift fans during the first leg of its U.S. run.
  • TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film will play at least four showtimes per day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, at every AMC theatre location in the United States.
  • AMC already has secured deals with major theatrical exhibitors Cinemark in the U.S., Cineplex in Canada, and Cinepolis in Mexico, to show TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR concert film.
  • AMC expects that numerous other movie theatre operators will show this concert film experience in their theatres beginning October 13.

National Geographic Documentary Films Announces Theatrical Release for Festival Favorite Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Starting July 28

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced the July 28 theatrical release of BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT, the award-winning feature documentary debut from directors Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp and produced by Christopher Sharp, alongside two-time Academy Award winner John Battsek’s Ventureland.

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  • Today, National Geographic Documentary Films announced the July 28 theatrical release of BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT, the award-winning feature documentary debut from directors Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp and produced by Christopher Sharp, alongside two-time Academy Award winner John Battsek’s Ventureland.
  • In partnership with Variance Films, the documentary will open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles starting July 28 before rolling out to additional markets, followed by National Geographic Channel and Disney+ later this year.
  • “Being born and raised in Uganda, I feel strongly that the people there should have leaders who represent their collective interests.
  • “Bobi and Barbie’s courage and unwavering commitment to bringing democracy to the people of Uganda is hugely inspiring,” said Carolyn Bernstein, executive vice president of Scripted and Documentary Films for National Geographic.