Fans take pictures in the lobby as they attend "Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl" at AMC Montgomery 16 movie theater in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday. Alex Wroblewski/AFP/Getty Images

In an unprecedented win for a theatrical release announced just two weeks ago, the album debut event from American pop superstar Taylor Swift topped the domestic box office with about $33 million domestically.

“Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” released in theaters for a three-day run to coincide with Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” played in more than 3,700 theatres in the United States and Canada and in another 3,588 cinemas internationally. The movie earned an estimated $13 million internationally, according to AMC, bringing its global earnin

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