Concert film

 ( Music Genres ) 

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

or a Stand-up comedy.

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Early history One of the earliest-known concert films is the 1944 film Adventure in Music. 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.

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. The earliest known Rock music concert film is Rock’n’Roll, a 1959 feature film produced by the promoter Lee Gordon. As it also features some Jazz performances and was released prior to Jazz on a Summers Day, it arguably has claims to being the first Jazz concert film as well.

A latter notable concert film, the T.A.M.I. Show, featured acts such as The Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and the Rolling Stones.

One of popular music's most ground-breaking concert films is (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).

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Examples

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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". The term was subsequently used to describe concert films containing appearances by multiple artists. Then, in 1976, the term was used by the promoters of the live musical production Beatlemania which documented the evolving career of The Beatles. The 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap notably parodied the rockumentary genre.

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Others Other examples of this type of film include Menudo's 1981 film, , 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.

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Highest-grossing concert films , which has grossed $267 million worldwide, is the highest-grossing concert film of all time; the previous record for the concert film was held by (2011).

+ ! scope="col"	Rank ! scope="col"	Title ! scope="col"	Year ! scope="col"	Performer ! scope="col"	Type ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"	Worldwide gross
1		2023	Taylor Swift	Music	$267,100,000
2		2011	Justin Bieber		$99,034,125
3		2008	Miley Cyrus		$70,712,099
4		2013	One Direction		$68,233,799
5	Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	Eddie Murphy	Stand-up	$50,504,655
6		2023	Beyoncé	Music	$44,389,684
7		2000	.L. HughleyCedric the EntertainerBernie Mac	Stand-up	$38,236,338
8		1982	Richard Pryor		$34,970,309
9	Woodstock	1970	Various	Music	$34,699,266
10		2012	Katy Perry		$32,700,439
12		2013	Kevin Hart	Stand-up	$32,327,255
13	Metallica Through the Never	2013	Metallica	Music	$31,900,000
14		2009	Jonas Brothers		$30,428,831
15		2023	BTS		$29,291,883
16		1991	Madonna		$29,012,935
17	U2 3D	2008	U2		$26,170,402
18		2016	Kevin Hart	Stand-up	$23,591,043
19		2002	Martin Lawrence		$19,184,820
20		2011	Glee	Music	$17,462,398
21		1983	Richard Pryor	Stand-up	$16,156,776
22		2021		Religion	$13,388,000
23	You So Crazy	1994	Martin Lawrence	Stand-up	$10,184,701
24		2018	BTS	Music	$9,881,954
25		1988	U2		$8,600,823
26		2022	Coldplay		$8,400,000
27		2011	Kevin Hart	Stand-up	$7,712,436
28	Mayday Life	2019	Mayday	Music	$7,272,220
29		2012		Stage production	$7,106,631
30	Prima Facie	2022	Prima Facie		$6,646,622
31		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		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		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 production	$3,720,532
42		2018	Coldplay	Music	$3,500,000
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		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		2015		Stage production	$3,097,621
49	André Rieu's 2017 Maastricht Concert	2017	André Rieu	Music	$3,097,621
50		2013	Aida		$2,943,797

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Music The top 15 are among the highest-grossing concert films. André Rieu is the most frequent performance with 13 titles on the list.

+ ! scope="col"	Rank ! scope="col"	Title ! scope="col"	Year ! scope="col"	Performer ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"	Worldwide gross
1		2023	Taylor Swift	$267,100,000
2		2011	Justin Bieber	$99,034,125
3		2008	Miley Cyrus	$70,712,099
4		2013	One Direction	$68,233,799
5		2023	Beyoncé	$44,043,065
6	Woodstock	1970	Various	$34,699,266
7		2012	Katy Perry	$32,700,439
8		2022	BTS	$32,600,000
9	Metallica Through the Never	2013	Metallica	$31,900,000
10		2009	Jonas Brothers	$30,428,831
11	BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas	2023	BTS	$29,291,883
12		1991	Madonna	$29,012,935
13	U2 3D	2008	U2	$26,170,402
14		2018	BTS	$20,347,513
15		1988	U2	$8,600,823
16		2022	Coldplay	$8,400,000
17	Mayday Life	2019	Mayday	$7,272,220
18		2019	BTS	$6,587,004
19	Stop Making Sense	1984	Talking Heads	$5,694,759
20	Divine Madness	2018	Bette Midler	$5,318,098
21	IM Hero: The Final	2023	Lim Young-woong	$4,514,656
22	André Rieu 2018 Maastricht Concert	2018	André Rieu	$3,869,719
23	André Rieu: 70 Years Young	2020		$3,788,405
24		2018	Coldplay	$3,500,000
25	André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert	2019	André Rieu	$3,495,372
26	Let's Spend the Night Together	1983		$3,282,561
27	André Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert	2016	André Rieu	$3,220,727
28	André Rieu's 2017 Maastricht Concert	2017		$3,097,621
29		2013	Aida	$2,943,797
30		2022		$2,881,726
31	André Rieu's 2015 Maastricht Concert	2015	André Rieu	$2,862,599
32	André Rieu: Christmas with Andre 2016	2016		$2,809,890
33	André Rieu's Sydney Town Hall Concert – An Australian Celebration	2018		$2,806,603
34	Greatest Hits Live	2019	Take That	$2,549,176
35	Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest	2019	Depeche Mode	$2,442,030
36	André Rieu's 2014 Maastricht Concert	2014	André Rieu	$2,190,155
37	Metallica & San Francisco Symphony S&M2	2019	Francisco Symphony	$2,179,640
38	Billie Eilish Live at the O2	2023	Billie Eilish	$2,117,195
39	André Rieu 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love is All Around		André Rieu	$1,897,239
40	André Rieu Live in Dublin			$1,826,384
41	N'SYNC: Bigger Than Live	2001	NSYNC	$1,808,679
42	Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour	2018	Cliff Richard	$1,686,021
43		2017	Rammstein	$1,658,090
44	Twenty One Pilots: Cinema Experience	2022	Twenty One Pilots	$1,560,000
45	André Rieu: Christmas with André 2021	2021	André Rieu	$1,559,304
46	Take That Live 2015	2015	Take That	$1,553,608
47	Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2	2017		$1,422,889
48	Big Bang Made	2016	BigBang	$1,404,745
49	André Rieu's: Magical Maastricht – Together in Music	2020	André Rieu	$1,295,288
50	David Gilmour Live at Pompei	2017	David Gilmour	$1,273,347

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Stand-up

+ ! scope="col"	Rank ! scope="col"	Title ! scope="col"	Year ! scope="col"	Performer ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"	Worldwide gross
1	Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	Eddie Murphy	$50,504,655
2		2000	.L. HughleyCedric the EntertainerBernie Mac	$38,236,338
3		1982	Richard Pryor	$34,970,309
4		2013	Kevin Hart	$32,327,255
5		2016		$23,591,043
6		2002	Martin Lawrence	$19,184,820
7		1983	Richard Pryor	$16,156,776
8		1994	Martin Lawrence	$10,184,701
9		2011	Kevin Hart	$7,712,436
10		2014	Gabriel Iglesias	$2,827,393
11		2005	Sarah Silverman	$1,324,244

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Stage production

+ ! scope="col"	Rank ! scope="col"	Title ! scope="col"	Year ! scope="col"	Performance ! scope="col" data-sort-type="currency"	Worldwide gross
1		2012		$7,106,631
2	Prima Facie	2022	Prima Facie	$6,646,622
3	Hamlet	2015	Hamlet	$5,350,452
4		2019	Les Misérables	$5,042,935
5	National Theatre Live: The Audience	2013		$4,330,068
6	Romeo and Juliet (Secret Cinema 2018)	2018	Romeo and Juliet	$4,282,983
7	Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance	2016	Miss Saigon	$3,720,532
8	National Theatre Live: Frankenstein	2011	Frankenstein	$3,351,486
9		2015		$3,097,621
10	Billy Elliot the Musical Live	2014	Billy Elliot the Musical	$2,815,788
11		2018		$2,692,907
12	George Balanchine's The Nutcracker	2011		$2,119,994
13	National Theatre Live: Present Laughter	2019	Present Laughter	$2,033,526
14		2023		$2,033,043
15	Kinky Boots – The Musical	2020	Kinky Boots – The Musical	$1,997,631
16	National Theatre Live: A View From the Bridge	2015		$1,943,723
17	Met Opera: Porgy and Bess	2020	Porgy and Bess	$1,913,398
18	National Theatre Live: Follies	2017	Follies	$1,842,192
19	Met Opera: La Boheme	2018	La Boheme	$1,774,848
20	National Theatre Live: One Man Two Guvnors	2011	One Man Two Guvnors	$1,714,891
21	National Theatre Live: All About Eve	2019	All About Eve	$1,710,659
22	Met Opera: Madama Butterfly	2019	Madama Butterfly	$1,696,923
23	National Theatre Live: Good	2023	Good	$1,674,053
24	National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men	2014	Of Mice and Men	$1,664,500
25	Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker	2017		$1,635,459
26	National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy	2019		$1,531,395
27	Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker	2018		$1,512,712
28	Met Opera: Turandot (2018) Encore (2018)	2018	Turandot Encore	$1,500,000
29	Met Opera: Der Rosenkavalier	2017	Der Rosenkavalier	$1,498,974
30		2015		$1,494,137
31	All My Sons	2019	All My Sons	$1,454,828
32	Met Opera – Agrippina	2020	Agrippina	$1,453,796
33	No Man's Land – NT Live 2016	2016	No Man's Land	$1,380,144
34	Allelujah!	2018	Allelujah!	$1,347,137
35	De Club van Sinterklaas & Het Grote Pietenfees	2020	De Club van Sinterklaas	$1,336,192
36	National Theatre Live: Hansard	2019	Hansard	$1,318,622
37	National Theater Live 2017: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	2017	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	$1,245,590
38	NT Live: Yerma	2017	Yerma	$1,238,299
39	Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo & Juliet 2016	2016	Romeo and Juliet	$1,223,663
40	National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night	2017	Twelfth Night	$1,210,769
41	National Theater Live: Cyrano de Bergerac	2020	Cyrano de Bergerac	$1,195,764
42		2016		$1,188,225
43	National Theatre Live: Small Island	2019	Small Island	$1,180,476
44	National Theater Live Amadeus	2017	Live Amadeus	$1,151,772
45	NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses	2016	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	$1,135,686
46	Royal Opera House Swan Lake	2018	Swan Lake	$1,131,961
47	Royal Opera House The Sleeping Beauty	2020	Sleeping Beauty	$1,097,859
48	National Theater Live Hedda Gabler	2017	Hedda Gabler	$1,085,982
49	National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	2018	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	$1,071,526
50	Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake	2019	Swan Lake	$1,068,862

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