LOS ANGELES, United States —
Baz Luhrmann’s rock’n’roll biopic “Elvis” hip-swiveled to the top of the box
office on its opening weekend in North America, taking in an estimated $30.5
million in a rare tie with “Top Gun: Maverick,” industry watcher Exhibitor
Relations reported Sunday.
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The nearly three-hour long extravaganza by director
Luhrmann, known for glitzy films like “
Moulin Rouge!” and “The Great Gatsby,”
brought in nearly double the average for the musical biography genre, said
analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Despite being a “risky proposition,” in part for
casting relative newcomer
Austin Butler as Elvis Presley alongside Tom Hanks as
his exploitative manager, Colonel Tom Parker, the film has impressed audiences
and critics, Gross said.
“This is the Baz Luhrmann show, a music, dance, and
sex appeal spectacular — it’s a hit,” he said.
“Elvis” was locked in a dead heat with “Top Gun:
Maverick” — the crowd-pleasing sequel to the original 1986 film that once again
features Tom Cruise as cocky Navy test pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
It also earned an estimated $30.5 million in its
fifth weekend of release.
It is now the highest-grossing film of the year
worldwide, breaking the $1 billion mark with nearly $522 million in ticket
sales in North America and $484 million overseas.
In third place was “Jurassic World Dominion,”
Universal’s sixth installment in the “Jurassic Park” franchise, at $26.4
million.
The latest dinosaur fright-fest stars Chris Pratt
and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside franchise originals Sam Neill, Laura Dern and
Jeff Goldblum.
Fourth spot went to horror film “The Black Phone”
starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, which earned $23.4 million on its
opening weekend.
“Lightyear,”
Pixar and
Disney’s latest computer-animated
offering from the “Toy Story” empire, took the fifth position with $17.7
million in its second week.
The spinoff from the wildly successful animation
series stars Chris Evans and has taken $88.8 million domestically and $63
million overseas, after a lackluster opening.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($1.7 million)
“Jugjugg
Jeeyo” ($604,000)
“Everything
Everywhere All At Once” ($533,346)
“The
Bob’s Burgers Movie” ($513,000)
“The Bad Guys” ($440,000)
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