Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ film becomes highest grossing concert movie of all time

nme.com:

Taylor Swift‘s concert film The Eras Tour has officially become the highest grossing concert movie of all time.As of yesterday (January 7), the film overtook Michael Jackson‘s This Is It with an overall global taking of $261.6million (£206m), as reported by Variety.After its release in October, the film scored the biggest opening weekend for a concert film in history, while the tour itself was the first ever to gross $1billion.The film documents the six performances completed by Swift at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium earlier this year.

The shows encompassed a career-spanning setlist that lifted songs from all ten of her albums from ‘Fearless’ to ‘Midnights’.“The Eras Tour is a concert movie in the true sense,” NME wrote in a four-star review. “In the space of one seamless performance, Swift is at turns a playfully eccentric artist, a country star and a genuine pop icon.”Elsewhere, the death of a fan at a Taylor Swift show in Brazil in November was caused by heat exhaustion, a forensics report has concluded.Ana Clara Benevides, aged 23, had fainted during the show on November 17, which took place in 38-degree heat.

She died hours later at a local hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.Following news of her death, Swift took to social media to say that she was left “devastated” by the announcement, and later cancelled the following show in the city due to the extreme temperatures.