(Los Angeles) Elvisa baroque and extravagant biopic dedicated to the king of rock and roll, propelled itself to the top of the North American box office for its release, tied with Top Gun: Maverickaccording to estimates on Sunday by the specialist firm Exhibitor Relations.
Posted at 5:11 p.m.
Between Friday and Sunday, the film directed by Baz Luhrmann (red Mill, Gatsby the magnificent) grossed $30.5 million, nearly twice the average for musical biopics, according to expert David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
It was a “risky gamble” to cast the relatively unknown Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, alongside Tom Hanks as his abusive impresario, Colonel Tom Parker, but the film is a hit with audiences as well. than among film critics, added the expert.
Elvis ended up on a par with Top Gun: Maverick which continues to panic the counters by also winning 30.5 million dollars at the box office for its fifth week of operation.
Following Top Gun, thirty-six years later, was hailed by critics. Tom Cruise still plays US Navy test pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, now a captain, who must train younger pilots to bomb a rogue country’s uranium enrichment plant.
Top Gun: Maverick is now the biggest commercial success of the year in the world, with total receipts exceeding one billion dollars: 522 million in the North American market and 484 million in the rest of the world.
Jurassic World Dominionthe sixth installment in the cult dinosaur saga, came third with $26.4 million in revenue.
This is Black Phonea horror film starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, which came in fourth place for the weekend of its release, with $23.4 million in revenue.
A week after its release, Buzz Lightyear came in fifth place, with $17.7 million in revenue over the weekend.
Here is the rest of the Top 10:
6 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($1.7 million)
7 – Jugjugg Jeeyo ($604,000)
8 – Everything Everywhere All at Once ($533,000)
9 – The Bob’s Burgers Movie ($513,000)
10 – The Bad Guys ($440,000)