'Exorswift' Isn't Happening, People

New 'Exorcist' film moves opening date so it won't conflict with Taylor Swift's Oct. 13 concert tour flick
By Newser Editors,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 31, 2023 2:44 PM CDT
Updated Sep 1, 2023 11:45 AM CDT
Taylor Swift Is Now Plugging a Concert Film
Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Friday, May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.   (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
UPDATE Sep 1, 2023 11:45 AM CDT

If you were hoping for another "Barbenheimer," you're not getting it. Friday the 13th (of October) was set to be the release date for both The Exorcist: Believer and for Taylor Swift's concert film about her Eras Tour. Now, however, Universal, the distributor for the horror flick, has opted to move its film a week earlier to avoid any conflicts, per Variety. CNBC notes that when it was announced the two movies were opening the same day, filmgoers started comparing it to the "double-feature cultural event" known as Barbenheimer, referring to Barbie and Oppenheimer. That buzz spurred an #Exorswift hashtag, which even Exorcist producer Jason Blum got in on. Blum acknowledged the new development on Thursday. "Look what you made me do," he wrote online, referring to the date shift.

Aug 31, 2023 2:44 PM CDT

The many, many Taylor Swift fans who couldn't score tickets to the Eras Tour because they sold out so quickly have a consolation prize: A concert movie is coming. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film will play in AMC Theaters starting on October 13, reports CNN. "The Eras Tour has been the most meaningful, electric experience of my life so far and I'm overjoyed to tell you that it'll be coming to the big screen soon," Swift wrote on Instagram. Tickets are $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for kids, and they're already on sale, notes Variety.

Swift has wrapped up the North American leg of the "juggernaut" tour and is on a break before beginning a run at venues around the world in November, per the New York Times. She won't finish until November of 2024 and will perform at least nine additional shows in the US before then. When all is said and done, Swift may reach $1.4 billion in ticket sales for the tour, per the Times. She also has a new album dropping soon: 1989 (Taylor's Version) is out on Oct. 27. The concert film runs for two hours and 45 minutes and is directed by Sam Wrench, a veteran of such live-event music films. (More Taylor Swift stories.)

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