Katy Perry Lifetimes Tour movie heads to cinemas in September
Katy Perry’s Paris-shot Lifetimes Tour concert film opens Sept. 2, with tickets for the theatrical release going on sale July 30.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Katy Perry’s Lifetimes Tour movie is headed for theaters, turning her Paris arena spectacle into a big-screen concert film beginning Sept. 2, Rolling Stone reported.
The film, officially titled The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris, was directed by Paul Dugdale and built from Perry’s two-night stand at Accor Arena in Paris on Nov. 4 and 5, 2025, according to Rolling Stone.
The production captured a 25-song set with 60 cameras. The show included Perry performing fan-favorite hits such as “California Gurls” and “Firework,” along with the tour’s eye-candy staging, including a moment where she flew above the crowd on a butterfly.
When can you see Katy Perry’s Lifetimes Tour movie?
The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris begins screening in cinemas on Sept. 2, according to Rolling Stone. Tickets for the theatrical release are scheduled to go on sale July 30 through the film’s official ticket site.
The movie already had a festival bow before its wider rollout. Rolling Stone reported that the concert film premiered earlier this summer at the Tribeca Film Festival.
What is in the Paris concert film?
The film documents Perry’s Lifetimes Tour, her first official tour run in seven years, according to Rolling Stone. The trek stretched across 91 dates, 23 countries and five continents.
Perry described the tour to Rolling Stone before it launched as a high-energy pop blowout. “We’re giving BPM. We’re giving celebration. We’re giving unity. We’re giving dance,” she said at the time.
She also gave the show a very Katy job description: “It will be like Disneyland on Wheels, as it always is. A feast for the eyes and the ears.”
That mix of spectacle and singalong appears to be the selling point for the theater version, with the Paris dates serving as the captured centerpiece. The 60-camera setup points to a film designed to give cinema audiences angles they could not get from an arena seat.
In a separate Rolling Stone interview about the tour, Perry said she thought about both longtime fans and more casual viewers when building the set. She said the audience included “number one fans” as well as “voyeurs,” and that she felt a duty to deliver songs people could sing with her.
Perry also told Rolling Stone she wanted room for nostalgia while staying connected to her newer work. She said the tour would include fan favorites, new songs and a section for deeper cuts that had not previously had much of a spotlight.
For fans who missed the 91-date run, the September cinema release offers the next best seat in the house: Paris, polished for the big screen, with the butterfly flight included.
This story draws on original reporting from Rolling Stone.