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Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Release Party Tops Box Office With $33 Million Weekend

A three-day AMC partnership showcased a scarcity-driven rollout tied to record U.S. day-one album sales.

A promotional image for a Taylor Swift event, showing the singer dressed as a showgirl in a red, feathered outfit and an elaborate headdress, with text about "The Official Release Party of a Showgirl."
'Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl' key art.
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Overview

  • The three-day event earned about $33 million in North America and roughly $46 million worldwide on more than 3,700 screens, distributed directly by AMC after a two-week announcement window.
  • The 89-minute program premiered the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” and featured lyric videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and Swift’s commentary on all 12 tracks.
  • Audience response was exceptionally strong, with a Rotten Tomatoes audience score near 95% from verified users, alongside a small number of early critic reviews.
  • The weekend lineup shifted as Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another placed second at about $11.1 million and Dwayne Johnson’s The Smashing Machine opened around $6 million.
  • The Life of a Showgirl sold about 2.7 million copies in the U.S. on release day and set a new weekly vinyl sales record at approximately 1.2 million, and no full streaming release for the film has been announced.