Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ Already In Top Five Grossing Concert Movies Of All Time

Having proven she can dominate concert box offices, Taylor Swift proves she can also slay movie box offices as well.

The Eras Tour from 2023 is the biggest grossing concert movie of all time, having made a staggering US$261 million globally. It already had jaws dropping when it took $93 million in its first weekend.

The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl is not a traditional concert movie as such, but is branded “a cinematic experience”.

 The 89-minute film has already earned $46 million around the world – $33 of that in the USA where it topped the box office and played in 3,702 theatres.

It beat Paul Thomas Anderson’s Leonardo Di Caprio vehicle One Battle After Another, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s The Smashing Machine.

“For Taylor Swift to harness the power of the movie theatre to build her brand, create excitement among her fans, and create a communal experience outside of her touring, outside of her live performances, is really a stroke of genius,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore, which collects and reports screen performance data.

“To be able to add another $US33 million to the box office bottom line is much welcomed by theatre owners who were looking for content for their big screens.”

Advance

The interesting thing is that The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl had no proper advance promotion. The news of its release was dropped two weeks before, and mostly through Swift’s social media channels which reach 560.6 million followers.

But it did have the excitement of the album, which broke Spotify’s 2025 single-day streaming record in less than 11 hours. It was also the most pre-saved album in Spotify history, which the streaming service reported “surpassed 6 million pre-saves and breaking the record previously held by (her) The Tortured Poets Department.”

But the out-of-the-box performance of the concert movie already puts in at #10 of worldwide grossing concert movies of all time. One goes back 37 years.

The Top 15 Best Performing Music Concert Movies Of All Time

(1) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)

Worldwide Gross: US$$261,413,059

(2) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

Worldwide Gross: $99,034,125

(3) Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best Of Both Worlds (2008)

Worldwide Gross: $99,034,125

(4) One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

Worldwide Gross: $68,154,362

(5) Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl (2025)

Worldwide Gross (So Far): $46, 000, 000

(6) Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé (2023)

Worldwide Gross: $44,372,181

(7) Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)

Worldwide Gross: $32,700,439

(8) BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage Seoul (2022)

Worldwide Gross: $32,600,000

(9) Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)

Worldwide Gross: $30,428,831

(10) Madonna: Truth Or Dare (1991)

Worldwide Gross: $29,012,935

(11) U2: 3D (2008)  

Worldwide Gross: $26,170,402

(12) Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011)

Worldwide Gross: $17,462,398

(13) BTS World Tour: Love Yourself In Seoul (2019)

Worldwide Gross: $10,900,000

(14) Metallica Through The Never (2013)

Worldwide Attendance: $9,082,906  

(15) U2: Rattle And Hum (1988)

Worldwide Gross: $8,600,823

Figures from The Numbers.