Recommendations of the Editorial team
Taylor Swift seems to be a record course this weekend. Her new album “The Life of A Showgirl” sold 2.7 million times in the USA on October 3, the first day of publication. At the same time, “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” – which film event shown in the cinemas is only this weekend with a look behind the scenes of their twelfth studio album – expected according to the first forecasts at the head of the US cinema charts.
Swift also breaks her own vinyl record
According to the first data from Luminate, reports of “Billboard”, the album – in all variants – sold 2.7 million times both physically and digitally. This is Swift’s strongest sales week and the second most successful week of an album since the start of electronic data acquisition in 1991. “The Life of a Showgirl” could thus break the modern sales record of Adeles 25, which sold 3.378 million times in 2015.
In addition, Swift surpasses its own record for the best -selling vinyl plates of the modern era (since 1991). “The Life of A Showgirl” has already sold 1.2 million vinyl copies and thus exceeds the previous top value that she had set up in 2024 with “The Tortured Poets Department” (859,000 copies in the first week).
In the meantime, the film, which runs in 3,702 cinemas from October 3 to 5, will be recorded between $ 28 and $ 32 million, reports “The Hollywood Reporter”. Some industry insiders even assume that the income could exceed $ 35 million.
Competition remains behind expectations
While Swift’s cinema event achieves impressive ticket sales, Dwayne Johnson’s “The Smashing Machine” remained significantly behind expectations. According to the Thr, the film was only $ 2.7 million on Friday and is likely to complete the weekend with around 6 million – far less than the forecast 12 to 14 million.
Swift’s 90-minute, limited film received the top grade A+ from Cinemascore-just like her concert film “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” published in 2023. “The Smashing Machin” e, on the other hand, was only evaluated with a B -.
No classic concert film
Swift’s cinema success is also remarkable because “Showgirl” is not a classic concert film and not a documentary. The work shows the premiere of the music video staged by Swift for “The Fate of Ophelia”, exclusive recordings of the set, stories about the creation of the songs of the new album and accompanying Lyric videos.
In 2023, Swift had already written history with “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour”. The concert film recorded over $ 261.6 million worldwide and thus became the most successful concert film and the most successful music documentation of all time.