=LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Taylor Swift’s unusual music film “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” is the top-grossing draw at the box office this weekend, taking in $33 million to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.
Not a traditional concert film, the 89-minute release features behind- the-scenes footage and the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia,” a single from the star’s just-released album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” Swift put the film together quickly with little advance marketing and offered it to theaters for three days only, Friday through Sunday.
Last weekend’s top-grossing film, writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” made $11.1 million in its second week, Comscore reported.
“The Smashing Machine,” a biopic of MMA star Mark Kerr starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and directed by Benny Safdie, opened in third place with $6 million.
DreamWorks’ “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” claimed fourth place with $5.2 million in its second weekend, followed by “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” which grossed $4 million in its fifth weekend.
Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — the Movie Infinity Castle” ($3.5 million), a re-release of 2022’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” ($3.19 million), “The Strangers: Chapter 2” ($2.8 million), “Good Boy” ($2.2 million) and “Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1” ($1.7 million).
This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $82.3 million. The year-to-date total is $6.67 billion — up 4% from the figure at this time last year, according to Comscore.
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