The No. 1 exhibitor in the world’s theatrical release of Taylor Swift : The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, is heading toward a $15M-$16M Friday with a current opening forecast of $29M-$31M at 3,700 theaters. Note these figures do not come from AMC Theatres

There are some estimates out there as high $40M, but here is what’s vital to keep in mind. This is very front-loaded with advance tickets sales arguably accounted for (true, we heard that last time with Dragon Ball: Infinity Castle, but that found an audience). The notion here is that all Swifties are making a date to see Showgirl today, because it’s the album’s release date (duh).

Though not any kind of October opening record, the marvel of it all is how the 14x Grammy winner was able to announce a cinematic e

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