The life of a movie star: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ tops box office

Apparently not content to simply rule the world of music, Taylor Swift‘s now set her sights on cinema, too.

The pop superstar’s The Official Release Party of a Showgirl theatrical event — a film accompaniment to her new album, The Life of a Showgirl — has debuted at #1 at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, which featured the premiere of Swift’s video “The Fate of Ophelia,” plus lyric videos, behind-the scenes footage and Swift’s insights about each of the album’s songs — bested the competition with a $33 million haul.

Previous #1 One Battle After Another landed at #2 with an additional $11.125 million, while sports biopic The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, managed $6 million to grab third place in its first weekend.

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie and The Conjuring: Last Rites rounded out the top five with $5.2 million and $4.05 million, respectively.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl – $33 million
2. One Battle After Another — $11.125 million
3. The Smashing Machine — $6 million
4. Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie — $5.2 million
5. The Conjuring: Last Rites — $4.05 million
6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — $3.5 million
7. Avatar: The Way of Water — $3.194 million
8. The Strangers: Chapter 2 — $2.8 million
9. Good Boy — $2.253 million
10. The Long Walk — $1.7 million

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