Image from The Eras Tour film courtesy AMC/Cinemark.

Taylor Swift is about to make theater owners very happy – and very busy.

The singer-songwriter is one of – if not the – hottest ticket in the music industry right now, with pop’s other mega-star Beyoncé serving as her only competition for the crown. But Swift is about to further dominate, if only temporarily, the entertainment news.

But this time, the news won’t be about her sold-out concert tours or her putative quarterback romance. The headlines this weekend will come from the box office, as pre-sales for the theatrical film featuring Swift in concert are soaring to Avengers: Endgame-level box office status.

AMC, the distributor for the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film said that global ticket sales have exceeded $100 million already, adding demand “has been incredible from the moment it was first announced.”

The firm says it took less than 24 hours for the movie to beat its record for the highest one-day sales. That makes it the most profitable concert film in history, overtaking Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never.

The film will set another record too: Eras is positioned to break the all-time October opening weekend record currently held by Joker at $96 million (over $105 million adjusted).

With an immense fan base, and with slightly higher-than-average ticket prices set at $19.89 (after Swift’s 1989 album)for adults and $13.13 for children (after her favorite number, some say,) it is speculated that The Eras Tour should gross at least $150 million during the month.

Image from The Eras Tour film courtesy AMC/Cinemark.

And that is with a limited window for viewing. After opening weekend, it will have two additional four-day periods, showing Thursday-Sunday only for the rest of October. While much of that business will come during opening weekend, the odds are good Swifties (and the Tay-curious) might demonstrate a desire for repeated viewings.

Queen Bey will certainly pose a challenge to Swift’s concert film record: AMC is also distributing a filmed version of Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour this December. Between the Barbie movie, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, and Beyoncé’s assured December dominance, 2023 might be The Year Women Dominated the Movies – at least at the box office.

Only Barbie stands a chance at winning an Academy Award, though, thanks to rules on what constitutes a documentary – and what determines a film’s eligiblity for any award, according to Variety.

Per the Academy’s bylaws, its Documentary Branch defines a documentary film as “a theatrically released nonfiction motion picture dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects. It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and not on fiction.”

The rules further state that “works that are essentially promotional or instructional are not eligible, nor are works that are essentially unfiltered records of performances.” Variety also notes that reportedly, both films have missed the deadline of October 2nd for submitting their films for consideration.

Swift has been knocking over other records lately too: In August whe became the first female artist in the Spotify’s history to reach 100 million monthly listeners. Her third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), released in July hit the top of the US and UK charts. And later this month, Swift will release her next re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor’s Version). She is re-recording her earlier albums to allow her to regain ownership of her song catalog.

Image from The Eras Tour film courtesy AMC/Cinemark.