Taylor Swift is bringing her latest album release to the big screen. Tickets went on sale Friday for "Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl," an 89-minute theatrical event that will premiere alongside the release of her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," on Oct. 3.

The special program, described as a large-scale version of Swift’s private "secret sessions," will feature the debut of the music video for her new single, "The Fate of Ophelia." Screenings will run Oct. 3–5 across all 540 AMC Theatres in the U.S., as well as at Cinemark, Regal and other chains. International showings are planned in more than a dozen countries the same weekend.

AMC overwhelmed as Swifties rushed to buy tickets

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Tickets launched at 12:12 p.m. ET — a nod to Swift’s well

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