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'Elvis' puts the King back in spotlight in N.American theaters

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Agence France Presse

LOS ANGELES, United States - Baz Luhrmann&#x27;s rock&#x27;n&#x27;roll biopic &quot;Elvis&quot; 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 &quot;Top Gun: Maverick,&quot; industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The nearly three-hour long extravaganza by director Luhrmann, known for glitzy films like &quot;Moulin Rouge!&quot; and &quot;The Great Gatsby,&quot; brought in nearly double the average for the musical biography genre, said analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.Despite being a &quot;risky proposition,&quot; 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.&quot;This is the Baz Luhrmann show, a music, dance and sex appeal spectacular -- it&#x27;s a hit,&quot; he said.&quot;Elvis&quot; was locked in a dead heat with &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; -- the crowd-pleasing sequel to the original 1986 film that once again features Tom Cruise as cocky Navy test pilot Pete &quot;Maverick&quot; 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 &quot;Jurassic World Dominion,&quot; Universal&#x27;s sixth installment in the &quot;Jurassic Park&quot; franchise, at $26.4 million. The latest dinosaur frightfest stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside franchise originals Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.Fourth spot went to horror film &quot;The Black Phone&quot; starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, which earned $23.4 million on its opening weekend. &quot;Lightyear,&quot; Pixar and Disney&#x27;s latest computer-animated offering from the &quot;Toy Story&quot; 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.<div>Rounding out the top 10 were: </div>&quot;Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness&quot; ($1.7 million)&quot;Jugjugg Jeeyo&quot; ($604,000)&quot;Everything Everywhere All At Once&quot; ($533,346)&quot;The Bob&#x27;s Burgers Movie&quot; ($513,000)&quot;The Bad Guys&quot; ($440,000)

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. 