celeb news IndieWire: Taylor Swift causes "chaos" in Hollywood, has opened "Pandora's Box"

[Feanor]

 

The release announcement for "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" made her the disruptor of the year.

 

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Multiple sources told IndieWire that distribution execs […] learned about this from either the press release or an early-morning phone call from the exhibitor-distributor.

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Universal, which previously had the only new film on October 13, has moved Jason Blum’s much-anticipated “The Exorcist: The Believer” to October 6. That’s neither cheap nor optimal: Advance marketing already has the original date, with advertising committed.

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Now, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro might face competition with Swift for IMAX and premium screens.

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 The concert’s ticket prices are preset at $19.89 for adults, $13.13 for children not including taxes and fees. That’s unusual, if not illegal; distributors are prohibited from dictating tickets prices and it’s unclear what loophole might have been used here. That also violates industry norms of variable pricing for matinees, senior discounts, and different regions. Manhattan and Los Angeles theaters cost more than a small Midwestern town, but not here. Also disregarded are theaters’ benefit programs like AMC Stubs.

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Finally, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” may force clarity on a long-simmering box-office issue: What is a movie? This clearly will be a major contributor to theaters’ bottom lines, but should pre-recorded event like concerts, operas, and plays be included in box-office statistics? […] We can now add another to Swift’s very long list of achievements: She’s opened Pandora’s Box.

IndieWire: "Don’t Blame Me: Taylor Swift Concert Film and AMC Infuriates Studios, Creates Chaos"

 

 

[Ryan]

Always the trendsetter, industry disruptor, a business woman. Queen.

[Big Bad Wolf]

Queen of Pop officially Madge whew?

[Walk_Away21]

Not her taking on the movie industry after conquering music

[magazine]

[1989]

She’s so powerful, a living Legend. 

[TMRA]

Oh wow. Taylor is definitley the biggest star of our age

[Escape]

So she does have a smash film where she's the lead after all.

[Walk_Away21]

Just now, Avariko said:

So she does have a smash film where she's the lead after all.

Box Office poison no longer!

[réveuse]

The Industry 

[nostalgic]

Miss Pandora should feel honored that Taylor would even touch her box in the first place   

[Michael196]

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should pre-recorded event like concerts, operas, and plays be included in box-office statistics?

lol this bs, if it happened in the past, why would it change now because it’s H.E.R?
 

Anyway, to all those who are fuming according to the article, welcome to the party, more the merrier 

 

And you just know some petty ******* will hold a grudge and pull some **** when her directoral debut gets released in the form of “pay back”.

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Michael196

[Delusional]

She’s just unstoppable. 

[BtDecember]

8 minutes ago, Big Bad Wolf said:

Queen of Pop officially Madge whew?

No offence to Madonna but Taylor is above that title.

 

OT: This is crazy, she was already huge over a decade but this is another level. Universal really hit a jackpot when they signed her  She is THE MAN and this is HERstory  

[Enrique523]

Oops, Miss No Impact is striking again 

[Bloodflowers.]

They are kinda sorta fuming that her concert is gonna outchart their "prestige" films at the box office 

[liam13]

if a movie of the tour that many people have already seen is this successful, what will it be for her directorial debut 

[DeepEnd]

The profit margins for the movie is gonna be insane . 

[Michael196]

11 minutes ago, BtDecember said:

She is THE MAN and this is HERstory  

Speaking of… love seeing that the queen still has her entire foot on that predator’s neck 

[imabadkid]

 

[BtDecember]

Just now, Michael196 said:

Speaking of… love seeing that the queen still has her entire foot on that predator’s neck 

He really thought he can outsmart and silence THE Taylor Swift  

[Cruel Summer]

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That’s unusual, if not illegal; distributors are prohibited from dictating tickets prices and it’s unclear what loophole might have been used here.

This is a silly statement. Clearly the “loophole” was that she and her distributor didn’t “dictate” anything and made it a voluntary opt-in promotional tactic, or some technicality along those lines. A film distributor is going to know laws and industry regulations and obviously isn’t just going to break them.

[rta1913]

So she/her team set those prices? Not a good look honestly... since the tour production costs are already recouped by the box office, as well as any camera/filming budget.

 

I wonder what's the theaters' cut... but they are the ones who are the happiest (just like with National Cinema Day) cause on top of any cut of the ticket's cost they will sell a ton at the concessions.

 

I also wonder if all the swifties singing (screaming) will affect any other showtime, like noise wise.

[cruelhprince]

on Her own league

[Bubble Tea]

21 minutes ago, BtDecember said:

No offence to Madonna but Taylor is above that title.

The delusion.