By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — This weekend’s field workplace belonged to 2 plain attracts: Taylor Swift and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
It might need appeared like a heavyweight matchup, however Swift’s devoted fanbase as soon as once more proved unstoppable along with her movie “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” which debuted at No. 1 with $33 million in North America, in keeping with Sunday estimates from Comscore. The AMC Theatres launch — introduced solely two weeks in the past with minimal promotion — served as a companion piece to Swift’s twelfth studio album, packaging music movies, behind-the-scenes footage and profanity-free lyric visuals into an 89-minute expertise.
The movie performed in any respect 540 AMC theaters within the U.S. for 3 days, ending after Sunday. AMC aired the present in Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe.
“For Taylor Swift to harness the power of the movie theater 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,” stated Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “To be able to add another $33 million to the box office bottom line is much welcomed by theater owners who were looking for content for their big screens.”
It comes almost two years after her “The Eras Tour” live performance movie opened to $96 million, with Swift extending her streak of field workplace dominance.
In the meantime, Johnson noticed a extra modest displaying. His A24 drama “The Smashing Machine,” co-starring Emily Blunt, opened in third place with a mere $6 million, trailing Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” which earned $11.1 million and has now gathered $107 million globally.
Regardless of robust critiques and a 15-minute standing ovation on the Venice Movie Pageant — the place Johnson drew reward for portraying MMA legend Mark Kerr — the movie marked one of many lowest openings as a lead.
“When major movie stars branch out into more indie roles, like Tom Cruise in ”Magnolia,” they’re attempting to redefine their profession,” Dergarabedian stated. “They can straddle both universes, so Dwayne Johnson and all the acclaim he’s getting. That prestige factor. That’s the currency. He knows box office. He studies this and he’s a business person. But also realize that when you go outside of your comfort zone, it puts him in a certain light. … Dwayne Johnson is redefining what he can do.”
Past the 2 marquee names, the remainder of the weekend lineup supplied a large combine starting from animated adventures to horror sequels and worldwide releases.
DreamWorks Animation’s household journey “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” debuted in fourth place with $5.2 million, increasing the favored Netflix preschool sequence to the massive display. Warner Bros.’ supernatural thriller “The Conjuring: Last Rites” adopted in fifth with $4 million, pulling in $458.2 million globally.
In sixth was “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle,” the newest entry within the hit Japanese anime saga, incomes $3.5 million. A re-release of “Avatar: The Way of Water” made a splash in seventh with $3.1 million — a stable return for the 2022 blockbuster forward of “Avatar: The Fire and Ash” on Dec. 19.
Rounding out the highest 10 have been “The Strangers: Chapter 2” with $2.8 million, the IFC darkish comedy “Good Boy” with $2.2 million, marking the corporate’s second-best opening weekend ever. “Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1” with $1.7 million.
Dergarabedian stated he’s trying ahead to October movies similar to “Tron: Ares,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Roofman,” starring Channing Tatum.
High 10 films by home field workplace
With last home figures being launched Monday, this record components within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by way of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, in keeping with Comscore:
1. “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” $33 million
2. “One Battle After Another,” $11.1 million.
3. “The Smashing Machine,” $6 million.
4. “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie,” $5.2 million.
5. “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” $4 million.
6. ““Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle,” $3.5 million.
7. “Avatar: The Way of Water,” $3.1 million.
8. “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” $2.8 million.
9. ““Good Boy,” $2.2 million.
10. “Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1,” $1.7 million.
Initially Revealed: October 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM PDT
