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A concert film or concert movie is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician[2] or a stand-up comedian.[3]
Early history
One of the earliest-known concert films is the 1944 film Adventure in Music.[4] Another early film is the 1948 picture Concert Magic. This concert features virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) at the Charlie Chaplin Studios in 1947. Together with various artists he performed classical and romantic works of famous composers such as Beethoven, Wieniawski, Bach, Paganini and others.[5]
The earliest known jazz concert film is the 1959 film Jazz on a Summer's Day. The film was recorded during the fifth annual Newport Jazz Festival.[6] The earliest known rock concert film was the T.A.M.I. Show, which featured acts such as The Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and the Rolling Stones.[7]
One of popular music's most ground-breaking concert films is Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972), directed by Adrian Maben, in which Pink Floyd perform a short set of songs inside the amphitheatre of Pompeii without an audience (save for the recording crew).
Examples
Rockumentary
The term "rockumentary" was first used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast and is a portmanteau of "rock" and "documentary".[8][9] The term was subsequently used to describe concert films containing appearances by multiple artists.[10][11] Then, in 1976, the term was used by the promoters of the live musical production Beatlemania which documented the evolving career of The Beatles.[12] The 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap notably parodied the rockumentary genre.[13]
Others
Other examples of this type of film include Menudo's 1981 film, Menudo: La Película, and Duran Duran's 85-minute 1984 video, Sing Blue Silver. The former mixes a Menudo concert (in Merida, Venezuela) with movie scenes and a plot, while the latter follows Duran Duran as they travel around Canada and the United States doing concerts and actual tourism.
Highest-grossing concert films
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023), which has grossed $267.1 million worldwide,[14][15] is the highest-grossing concert film of all time; the previous record for the concert film was held by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011).[16][17]
| Rank | Title | Year | Performer | Type | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour | 2023 | Taylor Swift | Music | $267,100,000[15] |
| 2 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | 2011 | Justin Bieber | $99,034,125 | |
| 3 | Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | 2008 | Miley Cyrus | $70,712,099 | |
| 4 | One Direction: This Is Us | 2013 | One Direction | $68,233,799 | |
| 5 | Eddie Murphy Raw | 1987 | Eddie Murphy | Stand-up | $50,504,655 |
| 6 | Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé | 2023 | Beyoncé | Music | $44,389,684 |
| 7 | The Original Kings of Comedy | 2000 | Steve Harvey · D.L. Hughley · Cedric the Entertainer · Bernie Mac | Stand-up | $38,236,338 |
| 8 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | 1982 | Richard Pryor | Stand-up | $34,970,309 |
| 9 | Woodstock | 1970 | Various | Music | $34,699,266[19] |
| 10 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | 2012 | Katy Perry | $32,700,439 | |
| 12 | Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | 2013 | Kevin Hart | Stand-up | $32,327,255 |
| 13 | Metallica Through the Never | 2013 | Metallica | $31,900,000 | |
| 14 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | 2009 | Jonas Brothers | Music | $30,428,831 |
| 15 | BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas | 2023 | BTS | $29,291,883 | |
| 16 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | 1991 | Madonna | $29,012,935 | |
| 17 | U2 3D | 2008 | U2 | $26,170,402 | |
| 18 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | 2016 | Kevin Hart | Stand-up | $23,591,043 |
| 19 | Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat | 2002 | Martin Lawrence | $19,184,820 | |
| 20 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | 2011 | Glee | Music | $17,462,398 |
| 21 | Richard Pryor: Here and Now | 1983 | Richard Pryor | Stand-up | $16,156,776 |
| 22 | Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers | 2021 | The Chosen | Religion | $13,388,000 |
| 23 | You So Crazy | 1994 | Martin Lawrence | Stand-up | $10,184,701 |
| 24 | Burn the Stage: The Movie | 2018 | BTS | Music | $9,881,954 |
| 25 | U2: Rattle and Hum | 1988 | U2 | $8,600,823 | |
| 26 | Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires | 2022 | Coldplay | $8,400,000[20] | |
| 27 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | 2011 | Kevin Hart | Stand-up | $7,712,436 |
| 28 | Mayday Life | 2019 | Mayday | Music | $7,272,220 |
| 29 | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall | 2012 | The Phantom of the Opera | Stage production | $7,106,631 |
| 30 | Prima Facie | 2022 | Prima Facie | $6,646,622 | |
| 31 | BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul | 2019 | BTS | Music | $6,587,004 |
| 32 | Stop Making Sense | 1984 | Talking Heads | 5,694,759 | |
| 33 | Hamlet | 2015 | Hamlet | Stage production | $5,350,452 |
| 34 | Divine Madness | 2018 | Bette Midler | Music | $5,318,098 |
| 35 | Les Misérables: The Staged Concert | 2019 | Les Misérables | Stage production | $5,042,935 |
| 36 | IM Hero: The Final | 2023 | Lim Young-woong | Music | $4,514,656 |
| 37 | National Theatre Live: The Audience | 2013 | The Audience | Stage production | $4,330,068 |
| 38 | Romeo and Juliet (Secret Cinema 2018) | 2018 | Romeo and Juliet | $4,282,983 | |
| 39 | André Rieu 2018 Maastricht Concert | 2018 | André Rieu | Music | $3,869,719 |
| 40 | André Rieu: 70 Years Young | 2020 | $3,788,405 | ||
| 41 | Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance | 2016 | Miss Saigon | Stage play | $3,720,532 |
| 42 | Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams | 2018 | Coldplay | Music | $3,500,000[21] |
| 44 | André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert | 2019 | André Rieu | $3,495,372 | |
| 44 | National Theatre Live: Frankenstein | 2011 | Frankenstein | Stage production | $3,351,486 |
| 45 | Let's Spend the Night Together | 1983 | The Rolling Stones | Music | $3,282,561 |
| 46 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor | 2017 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. · Conor McGregor | Sports | $3,250,019 |
| 47 | André Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert | 2016 | André Rieu | Music | $3,220,727 |
| 48 | The Winter's Tale | 2015 | The Winter's Tale | Stage production | $3,097,621 |
| 49 | André Rieu's 2017 Maastricht Concert | 2017 | André Rieu | Music | $3,097,621 |
| 50 | The Met: Live in HD – Aida | 2013 | Aida | $2,943,797 |
Music
The top 15 are among the highest-grossing concert films. André Rieu is the most frequent performance with 13 titles on the list.
- † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 14 June 2024 in theaters around the world.