Nearly 3,800 movie theaters across more than 80 countries will screen two full BTS concerts live from South America next month, the septet's first time bringing a live-viewing broadcast to the region, according to figures reported by Korea Daily. Anyone who missed tickets to the Buenos Aires or São Paulo shows — or simply can't make the trip — will be able to buy a cinema seat starting September 17, when global sales open through the official BTS Live Viewing site.
A First-Ever Night in Argentina
The October 24 broadcast captures BTS's third and final Buenos Aires date at Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona in La Plata, the show that marks the group's first full concert on Argentine soil, according to Billboard. The band is playing three nights there — October 21, 23 and 24 — and La Plata's city council voted unanimously to name BTS honorary guests of the city ahead of the run, a distinction confirmed by Infocielo. Theaters across the Americas will show the concert live on October 24; because of the time difference, cinemas elsewhere in the world will screen the same feed a day later, on October 25.
The Final São Paulo Stop
Five days later, the second of BTS's three São Paulo concerts — October 30, sandwiched between shows on the 28th and 31st — becomes the tour's fifth live-viewing event, screening across the Americas that same day and everywhere else on October 31, per the schedule laid out by Music-News.com. The venue, officially Estádio MorumBIS and still widely known by its older name, Morumbi, closes out a Latin American leg that also stopped in Bogotá, Lima and Santiago.
How This Fits a Pattern the Tour Already Set
This marks the fourth and fifth time BTS has sent an ARIRANG date to cinemas, following earlier live viewings from Goyang and Tokyo in April and a homecoming show at Busan's Asiad Main Stadium in June, Billboard reported. Trafalgar Releasing, working with HYBE and BIGHIT MUSIC, is handling the broadcasts again; CEO Marc Allenby said the company is "proud to continue our role in BTS' comeback of the decade" with the Latin American screenings. Cinépolis's +QUE CINE banner has distributed every earlier Mexican screening of the tour, from Goyang through Busan, according to Panamá América — though as of this writing, no outlet has named that chain specifically for the Buenos Aires and São Paulo dates.
Buying Tickets: What's Confirmed, What Isn't
Global sales open September 17 at 9 a.m. ET, but the exact time shifts by region — 2 p.m. British Summer Time in the U.K. and Europe, and in South Korea a domestic window at 10 a.m. followed by international sales at 10 p.m. local time, per Korea Daily. What hasn't been announced yet in most markets is which specific theaters will take part or what a ticket will cost. Malaysia's TGV chain, for instance, confirmed its participation days before sales open but still hadn't released locations, showtimes or prices as of this writing, Malay Mail reported.
The Numbers Behind BTS's Comeback Tour
For anyone weighing a concert ticket against a movie ticket, the scale of BTS's return offers useful context. The band just wrapped a five-month North American run of 31 sold-out shows across 12 cities that drew roughly 1.92 million fans, closing with four nights at Los Angeles's SoFi Stadium, according to Korea JoongAng Daily. Through August 11, Billboard Boxscore had the tour at $433.2 million in gross revenue and 2.3 million tickets sold across 38 shows — already ahead of BTS's own prior touring record — per figures relayed by Asia Economy Daily. A widely cited projection from earlier this year, crediting Billboard, put the full tour's eventual take above $1 billion, as reported by Bloomberg Línea — but that estimate dates to late March, before most tour dates had been played. Buenos Aires's own concert tickets, separate from cinema seats, ranged from 225,000 to 425,000 Argentine pesos plus service fees, Bloomberg Línea reported.
The tour itself has also grown since that March estimate: organizers added three extra Latin American dates in April, and the full run now stands at 85 shows across 34 cities, not the round "80" figure that circulated early on, per Panamá América.
What Comes After South America
Once the São Paulo run wraps, BTS heads to Kaohsiung for the next leg of 2026 before continuing across Asia into 2027, Billboard reported. It's only the group's second time performing in South America as a full unit; the first came during 2017's Wings Tour, with stops in Santiago and São Paulo that March, according to Billboard Brasil. For fans who couldn't get a stadium ticket this time, the cinema screen is shaping up to be the next-best seat in the house.
