The Eras Tour took in an estimated $ 31 million over weekend while Killers of Flower Moon debuted with $ 23 million. In movie match-up almost as unlikely as Barbie and Oppenheimer, Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over weekend. And while box office belonged for second time to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Scorsese’s Killers of Flower Moon got off to strong start in Apple Studios’ first major theatrical gambit.

 Most Swifties rushed to see film on opening weekend, when large percent of sales were driven by advance ticketing. Sales dropped steep 67 percent in its second weekend, potentially signifying that The Eras Tour was predominantly an opening-weekend phenomenon.

Killers of the Flower Moon debuted with $ 23 million, marking third best opening for 80-year-old Scorsese, following Shutter Island ($ 41 million in 2010) and The Departed ($ 26.9 million in 2006).

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 24 2023

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