How Much Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Will Make At The Box Office (& How Much It Cost)

Taylor Swift’s movie is poised for box office success, and here is a breakdown of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour‘s budget and box office performance. Building on the lucrative concert tour that began in 2023, Taylor Swift made moves to bring the consistently sold-out concerts to a wider audience. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was made to document the experience of the concert and bring it to theaters. The movie has since secured an expansive global theatrical release. Just as the concerts themselves have brought in hundreds of millions of dollars for Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour movie has all the makings of a box office juggernaut.

In a year when the box office has been dominated by Barbie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Oppenheimer, 2023 looks to have another record-breaking movie release with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Early box office projections indicated that it would easily break the current record for a concert movie, and it is no coincidence that Beyoncé followed suit with the confirmation of Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé​​​​​​. Before Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour releases on streaming, it is in a good position to find massive success at the box office.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’s Budget Explained

The cost to make Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is extremely low considering the high-quality nature of its production and the star power involved. The movie’s budget is reportedly between $10M—$20M (via Puck). This is because the concert movie only had to account for the cost of filming Taylor Swift’s performances. Unlike most movies that require spending millions on locations, cast members, and more, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour‘s budget only covers the cost of filming the Los Angeles concerts and likely some other expenses like paying the crew or even marketing.

While the cost of Taylor Swift’s movie pales in comparison to most major theatrical releases or even some streaming movies, the reported budget is higher than the average concert movie. A movie like Stop Making Sense, which was re-released in 2023 almost 40 years after its original release, cost $1.2 million to make. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour costs are similar to Justin Beiber: Never Say Never, which had a budget of $13 million in 2011. However, it does not come close to the $60 million price to make Michael Jackson’s This Is It in 2009, which became the highest-grossing concert movie.

How Much Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Is Projected To Make At The Box Office

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour‘s box office is projected to put it among the biggest movies of the year. Just as Swifties set records when the concert tickets went on sale, the same feverish response came for pre-sales of the movie. This resulted in AMC Theaters announcing that over $100 million in ticket presales have already been made for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. This means that the movie has already turned a profit even before it debuts in theaters. The movie is projected to make $96M—$145M during its opening weekend (via Box Office Pro), which would be a record-breaking start.

With a wide global release happening, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour should have incredibly strong legs at the box office and become a force to be reckoned with. There is a realistic chance that the movie will make over $400 million domestically alone based on the presales and the expectation that Swifties will see the movie multiple times in theaters. The international box office could also be quite significant ahead of the Eras Tour’s international release in 2024. The safer end of box office projections could be $700 million worldwide, but Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour might have a shot at $1 billion if everything goes right.