News about Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” concert movie causing “The Exorcist: Believer” to change release date
Let it be known that 2023 is the year of the Swifties. Since March, fans of the esteemed pop star flocked to her Eras Tour, which sold over 2.4 million tickets on the first day of sales, causing Ticketmaster’s website to crash from all the traffic. The ongoing tour has so far earned a record-setting $1 billion in sales, making it a possible contender for the highest-grossing tour of all time, and even caused seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake — better known as the “Swift Quake.”
Simply put, Taylor Swift is powerful. She’s even more powerful than demonic possession.
On Thursday, Swift announced her concert movie would release in theaters on Oct. 13, and much rejoicing was had by all . . . except. Jason Blum, the founder of Blumhouse Productions. It turns out the studio’s highly anticipated horror flick “The Exorcist: Believer” was also slated for that same date. Although the counterprogramming of disparate movies worked for “Barbenheimer” (the pinkness of “Barbie” offsetting the explosiveness of “Oppenheimer”) with their simultaneous release prompting the most unlikely double feature, that particular lightning in a bottle is no match for Swifties, and Blumhouse knew it.
