Taylor Swift debuts 89-minute Release Party of a Showgirl theatrical event October 3-5 at AMC Theatres nationwide locations. Tickets specially priced at $12 coinciding with her 12th album release celebration weekend. Event features exclusive music video premiere, behind-the-scenes footage, and personal reflections from the artist across multiple major theatre chains.
Swifties rejoice: your girl is coming back to the big screen.
“Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” will launch in theaters on October 3, the same day her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” drops.
The news was announced Friday, and for OG fans of Swift, it’s reminiscent of the listening parties the pop superstar used to host.
According to Variety, the movie theater event will include the premiere of the first music video from the new album – Swift’s twelfth – which will be the single “The Fate of Ophelia.”
Featured elements in movie – which will run just under an hour and a half and is slated only for the weekend of October 3 through 5 – will include BTS footage from the “Ophelia” music video shoot, lyric videos for other songs on “Showgirl,” and Swift’s “never-before-seen personal reflections,” the publication detailed.
She teased the release and tracklist for the new album in August during an appearance on her then-boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast, “New Heights.”
Thirteen days later, the couple announced that they were engaged (and no, we don’t think that’s an accident).
“Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl” will run October 3 to October 5 at AMC Theaters, Cinemark, and Regal and will be available for ticket purchase through Fandango.
Inside the Release Party of a Showgirl
This will be the second collaboration between Swift and AMC Theatres Distribution. The main attraction is the premiere of the Fate of Ophelia music video, Swift’s first single from the album. Fans will also get to see behind-the-scenes footage from that shoot, new lyric videos, and Swift herself explaining the inspiration behind each track.
Unlike a normal theater screening, singing and dancing are allowed, but AMC has warned fans not to “stand on seats or block aisles”, in a statement. Tickets are priced at $12 to mark Swift’s 12th studio album with 12 tracks, and went on sale at exactly 12:12 PM ET.
Theaters outside the US, from Canada to Australia, will screen the program either that weekend or later in October. Swift, while announcing the project online, wrote that the event would be “cut by cut explanations of what inspired this music” and encouraged fans, saying: “Dancing is optional but very much encouraged.”
Theatre locations and nationwide screening details
The Release Party of a Showgirl will screen at all 540 AMC Theatres locations, continuing Swift’s partnership with AMC Theatres Distribution. The theatrical event extends beyond AMC Theatres to thousands of other theaters across North America, including Cinemark and Regal chains.
Screenings begin simultaneously across time zones October 3 with shows starting at 3 pm ET/noon PT. The coordinated Release Party of a Showgirl launch ensures nationwide participation in the album celebration.
Release Party content features music video premiere
The 89-minute Release Party of a Showgirl will premiere the first music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” from Swift’s new album. The theatrical event represents the primary attraction for Swift fans anticipating new visual content.
Additional Release Party of a Showgirl content includes:
- Behind-the-scenes footage from the Ophelia video shoot
- Lyric videos for other album tracks
- Swift’s “never-before-seen personal reflections” on new songs
The Release Party of a Showgirl format builds on Swift’s previous successful theatrical releases, combining music video content with personal commentary. The 89-minute runtime accommodates multiple songs and extended behind-the-scenes material from “The Life of a Showgirl” album production.
Special Pricing And Ticket Details
Tickets are priced at $12 for the three-day theatrical run — a number Swift intentionally embraced for its significance to her Showgirl era. Though 13 has long been known as her lucky number, this project marks her 12th studio album with 12 songs, making “12″ the symbolic choice.
Sales opened at 12:12 p.m. ET on the announcement day, with AMC ticketing available through amctheatres.com and additional venues selling via releasepartyofashowgirl.com. Given Swift’s history of selling out events instantly, fans were quick to secure their spots for the limited screenings.
International Rollout And Album Buzz
The Showgirl party will also play in over a hundred countries. Several territories, including Canada, Mexico, the U.K., France, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Nordics, will share the same Oct. 3–5 release window. Other regions will follow later in October, with dates set to be revealed around the global premiere.
When will the movie come out?
The Official Release Party of a Showgirl will have a limited theatrical run from Friday, October 3, to Sunday, October 5. (October 3 is the same day that The Life of a Showgirl drops.)
How can I watch the movie?
The film will be available to watch in all AMC locations, continuing Swift’s partnership with the movie theater chain following their distribution of The Eras Tour movie. Tickets are available to purchase starting today. AMC notes that The Official Release Party of a Showgirl will begin playing at showtime and will not include preview trailers, so make sure to arrive on time!
Taylor Swift’s previous theatrical release – ‘The Eras Tour’
The 2023 release of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film set multiple records on both the big screen and streaming platforms.
On its first day of ticket sales, it broke AMC Theatres’ all-time record and went on to achieve the highest-grossing opening weekend ever for a concert film. It later became one of the top-earning concert films in history, second only to Michael Jackson’s 2009 documentary ‘This Is It’.
The film also made a major impact on Disney+, where it became the most-watched music film in the platform’s history. Within its first three days online, it drew 4.6 million views, according to Deadline.
Tickets for the release party are now on sale.
How It Compares to the Eras Tour Film
Fans had speculated the mystery project might be an Eras Tour documentary. But it is not. And that is an important distinction.
Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour film, her first collaboration with AMC Theatre Distribution, was a straight concert capture. Nearly three hours long, it showcased live performances from her record-breaking tour and went on to gross $262 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing concert movie ever, Variety reported. The film played in theaters for weeks, then became available to stream on Disney+.
The Showgirl release party is shorter, limited to one weekend, and designed as a celebratory rollout rather than a full concert experience. The key difference is that Eras Tour was a concert brought to cinemas. Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl is an album launch turned into a fan event.
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