It was a healthy season at the summer box office. While big blockbusters are leading the way, they’re not the only success story worth talking about. One of the biggest successes of this summer was the Warner Brothers musical biopic. Elvis starring Austin Butler as well as Tom Hanks. Despite the fact that the film has been released for more than a month, Elvis earned another $6.2 million at the international box office that weekend. This brings the biopic’s total international total to $105.3 million, and the worldwide total to $234.3 million.
Elvis it’s helped by the fact that it’s about a historical musical legend, but it’s another great example of a film in a pandemic era that has legs. Thanks to word of mouth, this film got to Graceland, and then to other countries. Director Baz Luhrmann made a film that not only mesmerized audiences and respected Elvis’ story, but created a convincingly complex tragedy that showed us sides of the legendary singer that fans had only read about.
Audiences came to hear all their favorite Elvis tracks but stayed for the stunning visual direction, deep thematic darkness and brilliant performance. Butler simply owned the part of Elvis. He portrayed the puppy-dog naivety of the legend, bringing to the singer such a dark human layer that will just break your heart. This is only exacerbated by Hank’s disgustingly sinister performance as Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker. This is one of the best villain roles in recent memory, and by the time you get to the end of the movie, both roles will have your jaw dropped on the floor.
All this magnificence is reflected in Elvis‘ A further box office success. Grossing over $120 million domestically, it is the WB’s fourth-highest-grossing film since the start of the pandemic. Recently, other domestic studio hits have passed, such as Dune as well as Godzilla vs Kong. This film is proof, in the same vein as Best shooterthat audiences are willing to watch the movie multiple times in theaters if it’s decent enough. As well as Best shooterthis is a film that proves that the traditional theatrical run of 90 days probably shouldn’t go away. Elvis earned over $6 million in its sixth weekend of release. That’s just an impressive 25% drop between weekends.
Elvis shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. This is one of the rare action movies that you need to watch in a theater to truly appreciate the tragic magic of a movie. Elvis is still playing in theaters all over the world. You can see what all the fuss is about by dancing right now at the local theater. Check out our interview with Luhrmann below:
Source: Collider
