Taylor Swift nabs Michael Jackson's record for highest-grossing concert film of all time

In October 2023, Taylor Swift released Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which was recorded over the first three of six nights that Swift played at the SoFi stadium in California in August. In its first day of pre-sales, during the initial announcement, the concert film amassed a record $37m. Its opening weekend was the highest grossing for a concert film ever, bringing in $126m globally.

As reported by Variety, the film's box office revenue now stands at $261.6m which just surpasses Michael Jackson's 2009 film, which grossed at $261.2 million.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour officially becomes the highest-grossing concert film of all time, surpassing Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It.’ pic.twitter.com/MPho9KhZY7

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“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,” said AMC Chairman and CEO Adam Aron. “Her spectacular performance delighted fans around the world and serves as another strong reminder about the power of extraordinary filmmaking and magic of movie theatres."

Taylor Swift recently matched Elvis Presley's record for most weeks spent at the top of the Billboard 200 charts as a solo artist. The Beatles are the overall record holders for the artists with the most weeks spent on the album chart, at 132 weeks.