F or a long time concert tour films were seen as a cash-in. Ask a music fan for their favorite, and they’ll probably answer with something that isn’t really a concert film at all, such as Madonna ’s deliciously gloves-off documentary Truth or Dare or Stop Making Sense , Jonathan Demme’s high-concept performance art classic starring Talking Heads.

But in recent years the concert film has become a bona fide cinematic event for super-fans wishing to relive the experience as well as those who draw the line at paying a month’s rent to see their favorite musician. In 2023, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the genre’s biggest-grossing film of all time, taking over $250m at the global box office. ( Swift herself took home an estimated third of that figure thanks to an exclusive distribution deal with AMC Theaters).…