Archive · 4 Oct 2025
Swift's 'Showgirl' Tops Box Office; 'Smashing Machine' Struggles
Taylor Swift's concert film, 'Showgirl,' is expected to make a lot of money at the box office, possibly earning up to $31 million.
Another movie, 'Smashing Machine,' about an MMA fighter, is expected to make much less.
'One Battle After Another,' in its second weekend, is doing well, aiming for $100 million worldwide.
A re-release of 'Avatar: The Way of Water' is also showing in theaters.
The Swift film seems to be very popular, which could be affecting the earnings of other films.
'Taylor Swift: Showgirl' is projected to earn between $29M and $31M in its opening weekend.
'Smashing Machine' is estimated to gross between $6M and $7M.
'One Battle After Another' aims for a $44.1M domestic total by Sunday.
'One Battle After Another' is heading towards a $100.1M global running cume.
Avatar: Way of Water re-release earned $3M outside the top five.
- Who
- Taylor Swift, 'Smashing Machine', 'One Battle After Another'
- What
- Box office performance
- When
- Weekend box office
- Where
- Theaters
- Why
- To gauge audience interest and success of new releases and re-releases.
Film Acolytes
Swifties
Screen Availability
Film Acolytes
Some movies are losing Premium large format screens.
Swifties
Taylor Swift's new movie has more access.
- Taylor Swift: Showgirl Projected Opening
- $29M-$31M
- Smashing Machine Estimated Weekend Gross
- $6M-$7M
- One Battle After Another Domestic Cume (Sunday)
- $44.1M
- One Battle After Another Worldwide Cume
- $100.1M
- Avatar: Way of Water Re-release
- $3M
