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# Welcome to the ‘Taylor Swift’ Era
- URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-box-office-report-welcome-to/
- Published: 2023-10-16T11:01:20.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-19T16:01:45.000Z
- Description: ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ easily wins the weekend. But was it enough to dethrone ‘Joker’?
- Author: Bill Kuchman
- Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Taylor Swift

Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of Oct. 13-15, 2023.

## 1\. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

**Weekend gross:* $97M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $97M* 
**Last weekend:* New release* 
**Percent drop:* NA*

The only surprise at the box office this weekend was that *Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour* didn’t break the $100 million mark. This film was still a juggernaut, steamrolling every other film in theaters.

Did *The Eras Tour* set the record for an October opening weekend? Well, until we get the actual numbers in on Monday, it depends on whose numbers we’re looking at. The $97 million number comes from AMC, but [according to ](https://deadline.com/2023/10/box-office-taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-film-opening-1235572671/?ref=theomnicosm.com)[*Deadline*](https://deadline.com/2023/10/box-office-taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-film-opening-1235572671/?ref=theomnicosm.com), rival distributors are clocking **Taylor Swift**’s concert film at $94.3 million. With *Joker* holding the October opening weekend with a $96.2 million debut, the difference between these reports is going to matter …

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## 2\. The Exorcist: Believer

**Weekend gross:* $11M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $44.9M* 
**Last weekend:* 1st* 
**Percent drop:* 58*

*The Exorcist: Believer* has already jumped to No. 2 on the all-time box office chart for the *Exorcist* franchise, passing 2004’s *Exorcist: The Beginning* ($41.8 million). There’s still a long way to go until the latest film in this franchise passes the original *Exorcist*’s $231 million domestic haul.

## 3\. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

**Weekend gross:* $7M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $49.9M* 
**Last weekend:* 2nd* 
**Percent drop:* 38*

No one is defunding the *PAW Patrol*. The latest movie in the franchise has surpassed its predecessor, *PAW Patrol: The Movie*, easily beating its $40.1 domestic gross. *PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie* still has a bit to go before it beats the $151.4 million worldwide haul of the first *PAW Patrol* movie, currently sitting at $126.4 million.

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## 4\. Saw X

**Weekend gross:* $5.7M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $41.4M* 
**Last weekend:* 3rd* 
**Percent drop:* 27*

Despite slipping to No. 4 this week, *Saw X* is just a few million away from outgrossing every *Saw* film since the franchise dropped off after *Saw V*’s $56.7 million. The latest *Saw* movie has passed Spiral ($23.2 million), *Jigsaw* ($38.1 million) and *Saw VI* ($27.7 million) and is closing in on *Saw 3D* ($45.7 million). Before diving into these numbers this week, I never realized that the *Saw* franchise has never cracked the $100 million domestic mark. Feels like one of these films, especially one of the first few, should’ve performed that well.

## 5\. The Creator

**Weekend gross:* $4.3M* 
**Total domestic gross:* $32.4M* 
**Last weekend:* 4th* 
**Percent drop:* 31*

Only another $501 million left to go until *The Creator* passes *Rogue One* and becomes director **Gareth Edwards** biggest film …

*Box office numbers via* [*The Numbers*](http://www.the-numbers.com/?ref=theomnicosm.com) *based on Sunday estimates.*

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