Unveiling Taylor Swift's Eagerly Anticipated Eras Tour Doc – Coming Sooner Than You Think!

Summary

Taylor Swift's upcoming concert film, "The Eras Tour," caused Blumhouse's "The Exorcist: Believer" to move from October 13 to October 6 to avoid competition.

Craig Gillespie's film "Dumb Money" has been rescheduled from October 6 to September 29, creating a chain reaction.

Anticipated to be an enormous triumph, "The Eras Tour" is projected to generate over $100 million, potentially securing its position as the highest-earning concert movie of all time.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour has caused another October movie to change its release date. Last week, Taylor Swift announced that a filmed version of her successful Eras Tour would premiere on October 13, which happened to be the same day as Blumhouse's The Exorcist: Believer. Jason Blum, co-founder of Blumhouse, initially joked about creating an "Exorswift" hashtag, but later decided to move the movie's release date to October 6 in order to avoid competition with the concert documentary. The documentary is expected to earn over $100 million and become the highest-grossing concert movie of all time.

According to Deadline, another movie has made a similar move. In an effort to avoid conflicting with both Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and the new release date of The Exorcist, the Craig Gillespie film Dumb Money has changed its wide expansion release from October 6 to September 29. The movie, which is based on the true story of the GameStop stock market short squeeze in January 2021, will still maintain its original limited release date of September 15.

Could the Taylor Swift Chain Reaction Continue?

The wide expansion of Dumb Money has been rescheduled to September, causing the final weekend of the month to become quite congested with new releases. Saw X, the horror sequel, is the largest film currently set for that weekend. However, there are other movies on the schedule, including The Creator, Gareth Edwards's sci-fi masterpiece, A24's inaugural movie musical Dicks: The Musical (with limited release), and The Kill Room, a comedy thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman (which opens a day earlier on September 28).

Dumb Money has the potential to attract audiences that are interested in any of these releases. Gillespie, the director of Oscar-nominated films like I, Tonya, may appeal to the same cineaste crowd as A24's new release. Additionally, Dumb Money seems to target the desired 18-35 demographic, which is also likely a significant part of the audience for Saw X.

Given the overcrowding, it wouldn't be unexpected if one or more of these releases decided to relocate in order to avoid competition, thereby prolonging the chain reaction triggered by Taylor Swift's tour, "The Eras Tour." The relocation of any of these titles could potentially impact multiple consecutive dates, considering there are significant releases, such as "The Expendables 4" and the sequel to "A Haunting in Venice," scheduled for the two weekends leading up to the 29th. Whether or not this trend continues beyond "Dumb Money" remains uncertain, but there is already an undeniable and significant ripple effect caused by Taylor Swift's surprise announcement of the release date.