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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week , The Touring Years is a 2016 documentary directed by Ron Howard about the Beatles' career during their touring years, from 1962 to 1966. It follows the band from their performances at the Cavern Club in Liverpool to their final concert in San Francisco in 1966.
Ron Howard directed the film and also produced it, alongside Brian Grazer, Nigel Sinclair, and Scott Pascucci. Mark Monroe wrote the script and Paul Crowder edited it.
It premiered theatrically on the 15th of September 2016 in the United Kingdom and the United States. It began streaming on Hulu two days later, on the 17th of September 2016.
It grossed $2.9 million in the US and Canada and $9.4 million in other territories, including $1.4 million in the UK, for a worldwide total of $12.3 million. Its North American opening weekend brought in $785,336 from 85 theaters.
The film includes 30 minutes of footage from the Beatles' 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, originally filmed by Ed Sullivan Productions and broadcast on television in 1966. The 11-song set was shot on 35mm film, digitally restored to 4K resolution, and remastered by Giles Martin; it was shown only in theaters and remains unavailable on home video.
On the 12th of September 2016, representatives of Sid Bernstein, promoter of the 1965 Shea Stadium concert, sued Apple Corps and Subafilms Ltd over ownership of the concert footage. Apple Corps lawyer Paul Licalsi called the suit "frivolous," noting Bernstein had never raised the claim during his own lifetime.