Rockstar-inspired movies are the next big thing at the box office

Audiences are giving films made on the inspiring-and often colourful life- of music stars a big thumbs up

Bruce Springsteen was on the red carpet, so was veteran rock star Robbie Robertson, and legendary producer David Foster – but this wasn’t the Grammy Awards or an MTV event; they were all at the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF, that ran from September 5 to 15. Their presence signalled the trend of films increasingly turning to timeless music stars for their inspiring— and often colourful— life stories to script their own success.

Movie theatres haven’t quite become mosh pits, but audiences are giving music-themed films a big thumbs up, as evidenced by the box office success of recent films