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- Taylor Swift given odds of 4/1 to beat Barbie in opening weekend of her Eras Tour Movie release
- Bookies also offer odds of the movie grossing over $100m in it's first weekend of release
- Swift also features in the market to be the most streamed artist on Spotify this year
Taylor Swift given odds of 4/1 to beat Barbie in opening weekend of her Eras Tour Movie release
Taylor Swift's sell-out Eras Tour is being made into a movie with 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' being released in cinemas on October 13 with the event set to be big for those who missed out on tickets for her tour.
Swift filmed the movie across three nights of her Eras Tour at the SoFi Stadium in California and will likely be the full gig which is well over three hours leaving fans excited for the release.
Bookmakers are now offering odds of 4/1 that the movie beats Barbie's opening weekend in America with Barbie having a domestic opening of $162m in what was a massive movie.
According to the latest odds there's a 20% chance that Swift's Eras Tour movie beats Barbie's opening weekend in America with it currently tracking at $100m-$125m according to Deadline.
| Will Taylor Swift: Eras Tour have bigger opening weekend than Barbie? | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| No | 1/4 | 80.0% |
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Bookies also offer odds of the movie grossing over $100m in it's first weekend of release
Further odds are also given for the movie to hit that $100m milestone in it's first weekend of release over in America with those projections above expecting it to happen easily.
The 3-day opening weekend is running from October 13 - October 15 and it is again largely expected to happen with sources ranging from $75m all the way up to $125m.
Betting odds for this one are extremely short with a 1/14 chance of it hitting the $100m figure which suggests an implied probability of 93% that it does so.
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Swift also features in the market to be the most streamed artist on Spotify this year
Swift has also been in the betting odds to have the most streams above any artist on Spotify by the end of the year and she was favourite to do so back in July.
The market has fully changed now though with Bad Bunny once again moving into favourite with the Latin trap star constantly rising in streams of his music.
The latest odds suggest that there's a 71% chance that Bad Bunny is the most streamed artist on Spotify when the year ends with Spotify Wrapped expected to come in early December.
| Spotify most streamed artist of 2023 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Bunny | 2/5 | 71.4% |
| Taylor Swift
|
3/1 | 25.0% |
| The Weeknd
|
5/1 | 16.7% |
| Drake | 9/1 | 10.0% |
| BTS | 10/1 | 9.1% |
