It’s Me. Hi. I’m The Eras Tour Weekend Thread | 39M Friday

[grim22]

3 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Is the Boney M part sarcasm? Only thing of theirs that seemed to survive is Rasputin. And that was done better by Turisas 👀

Boney M were huge in India. I have zero idea why but in the 80s and 90s, every family seemed to have a Boney M hits cassette. No one knows who bought it or why but it was in every house without fail. Now of course no one cares.

[keysersoze123]

Beatles mania was also nuts. how fast that happened and they broke up like 5 years after that. 

[eman92]

14 minutes ago, Hiccup23 said:

Good weekend for Saw X. Can it hit $50M?

I think it'll all depend on how many theaters Saw X can hold onto going into Halloween weekend. That's basically its last chance to make any sort of money. But the competition with FNAF will make it hard to hold onto any screens basically, unless theaters see an opportunity for it to do well that weekend. I think realistically it'll probably end around 48M dom unless it continues to have great legs

[charlie Jatinder]

I think the most popular foreign singer(s) in India must be BTS band. I don't really follow foreign music much though. Their concert movie did well IIRC.

[Maggie]

Pop girls don't have a big shelf life. Even Madonna struggles. She's not what she once were.

 

Taylor fans better enjoy it. She has reached her peak

Edited October 14, 2023 by Maggie

[Taylor89]

26 minutes ago, WorkingonaName said:

Rihanna would clear both if she made music again. 

 

She's never been a touring force. 

[Maggie]

1 minute ago, Taylor89 said:

 

She's never been a touring force. 

Touring is important, Rolling Stones make a fortune because of touring, but are they relevant to pop culture these days? Where are their hits? They have their fanbase, but no more than that.

 

So, yes, Rihanna would totally be big if she put out an album these days

[Taylor89]

29 minutes ago, Derpity said:

"Friday now looks to be settling at an estimated $37.8M –that’s according to industry estimates this morning. AMC is calling Friday for Eras Tour at $39M."

 

Am I reading this right that AMC is fudging the numbers a little bit? If so we might get whatever Saturday/Sunday numbers are needed to beat Joker haha for the headlines.

 

Maybe they think it will beat it.

 

[fmpro]

On a F13 weekend with nothing to do and to not be a Swifti(or whatever) i decided to all Jason and see all movies from the start. Just finished VIII in Manhatten.

They are not as good as i remember as a child 😅  but i still enjoy all the TAK

 

Cheers @baumer

[Taylor89]

Just now, Maggie said:

Touring is important, Rolling Stones make a fortune because of touring, but are they relevant to pop culture these days? Where are their hits? They have their fanbase, but no more than that.

 

So, yes, Rihanna would totally be big if she put out an album these days

 

We are talking about their tours tho and she's never been a touring force even when she was making music. Her next album will be big but she still can't have Taylor's numbers. 

[Noctis]

The presales of the first few days were so utterly insane that this $39m OD seems very underwhelming. Although we all know it's a fantastic number for what it is.

[Madhuvan]

35 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

I am not gonna argue here really, because I don't really know much about American music industry. Just Beiber is among the few names I knew, Swift I only got to know may be 2 years ago.

I am Indian too and I have been her fan since 2015 and YBWM and LS were big with western music lovers

 

On Spotify charts, Taylor is the biggest Western artist ever in India. She is has been charting here since the beginning.  Yes Beiber has some bigger hits but overall Taylor is bigger. Bieber is not consistent and his recent releases don't make much noise in India. Whereas Taylor has a massive fanbase. 

[Madhuvan]

Also @charlie Jatinder , In India we have Taylor Swift Nights events all over India and they are always in massive demand. Considering India is very huge , it makes sense why you are not that much familiar with her. But she has been huge here since her Love Story days in 2009 when I was a mere kid. 

[charlie Jatinder]

Early in day but for this walkups weren't really there so...


Seems like around $31-32M mostly.

[Madhuvan]

9 minutes ago, Maggie said:

Touring is important, Rolling Stones make a fortune because of touring, but are they relevant to pop culture these days? Where are their hits? They have their fanbase, but no more than that.

 

So, yes, Rihanna would totally be big if she put out an album these days

Rihanna never had bigger albums than Taylor even in her prime and when Taylor was country. 

Rihanna was one of the biggest hitmakers but her albums don't sell like Taylor, never did. 

[JimmyB]

3 hours ago, TwoMisfits said:

So, with so many things canceled yesterday due to governmental warnings (like the Hollywood picketing activities), I'm not yet gonna toss walk ups completely out the window til we see how a rainy Saturday without those warnings does...

What governmental warnings? Im not sure walkups are coming for a Swift concert movie, they dont even walkup for normal movies she's in.

[Madhuvan]

1 minute ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Early in day but for this walkups weren't really there so...


Seems like around $31-32M mostly.

so around the low 90s. Seems good to me. 

[Madhuvan]

24 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

I think the most popular foreign singer(s) in India must be BTS band. I don't really follow foreign music much though. Their concert movie did well IIRC.

How much did BTS concert movie do overall in India?? 

Taylor is higher than them on streaming charts in India. That's a good target for Taylor to come close to. 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Madhuvan

[Killimano3]

33 minutes ago, Maggie said:

Pop girls don't have a big shelf life. Even Madonna struggles. She's not what she once were.

 

Taylor fans better enjoy it. She has reached her peak

 

Admittedly I'm not really a music person. But I feel like Taylor has already been popular longer then most pop singers are. I can't think of any that have managed to put out like 10 albums or something and each one has had at least one or two songs that play everywhere on the radio and everyone knows.

 

Most singers get like 1-3 big albums max and then exist off their existing fans for the rest of their career.

[TwoMisfits]

19 minutes ago, JimmyB said:

What governmental warnings? Im not sure walkups are coming for a Swift concert movie, they dont even walkup for normal movies she's in.

 

In certain areas yesterday, folks were encouraged to stay home if possible.

 

As an example, DC puts up gates and barricades around all their federal buildings...