Taylor Swift has eclipsed Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson at the box office.
From October 3-5 the 35-year-old singer’s film, an 89-minute feature called The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, is playing in AMC theaters.
It coincides with the release of her 12th studio album, The Life of A Showgirl.
Leonardo, 50, and The Rock, 53, also have highly-anticipated movies in theaters — but they proved to be no match for the music phenom.
According to Variety, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl is set to triumph over the weekend following its $15.8 million earnings on Friday from 3,702 locations.
Leonardo’s comedy-action thriller One Battle After Another raked in $3.3 million on Friday, a 43% drop from its September 26 opening day.
The Rock’s The Smashing Machine, in which he portrays 90s MMA fighter Mark Kerr, is expected to debut in third place after earning just $2.6 million on Friday from 3,345 locations.
Taylor Swift has eclipsed Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson at the box office with her 89-minute feature film called The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
Leonardo’s comedy-action thriller One Battle After Another raked in $3.3 million on Friday, a 43% drop from its September 26 opening day; pictured September 16
The Rock’s The Smashing Machine, in which he portrays 90s MMA fighter Mark Kerr, is expected to debut in third place; pictured October 2
It’s been about two years since Taylor commanded attention in theaters with her The Eras Tour concert documentary. It had a $96 million opening weekend.
Her The Official Release Party of a Showgirl follow-up was announced just two weeks before its premiere.
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The limited release, which ends on Sunday, has $12 ticket prices.
It includes a music video, behind-the-scenes footage and lyric videos for Taylor’s new album.
Via social media, the pop star promoted the screening by telling her Swifties fan base that dancing is ‘optional but very much encouraged.’
With its nearly $16M in revenue from Friday, the picture is on track to reach between $25 million and $30 million after the full weekend.
Meanwhile, One Battle After Another topped box office charts in its opening weekend, collecting $22.4 million from 3,634 North American theaters.
The action-thriller film added another $26.1 million internationally for a global tally of $48.5 million.
From October 3-5 the 35-year-old singer’s behind-the-scenes movie is playing in AMC theaters. It coincides with the release of her 12th studio album, The Life of A Showgirl
Leonardo’s One Battle After Another topped box office charts in its opening weekend, collecting $22.4 million from 3,634 North American theaters
The Smashing Machine biopic chronicles the life of former amateur wrestler Mark, 56 (Mark pictured right)
One Battle After Another cost more than $130 million to produce and $70 million to promote.
The Rock, who began his show business career as a wrestler, generated Oscar buzz following the Smashing Man’s Venice Film Festival premiere.
The Benny Safdie film received a 15-minute standing ovation at the film fest in early September.
During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, The Rock described playing Mark as ‘the role of a lifetime’ and revealed he had to ‘rip himself open’ to truly connect with the character.
‘He had an unbelievable life, and to play him is the role of a lifetime,’ the show business vet explained.
He added: ‘I didn’t know the role was for me, or whether I could do it, but I had the opportunity and this little voice in me telling me to do it. For once, I wasn’t chasing the box office, and it has changed my life.’