LOS ANGELES, June 27 — Baz Luhrmann’s rock’n’roll biopichip-swivelled to the top of the box office on its opening weekend in North America, taking in an estimated US$30.5 million in a rare tie withThe nearly three-hour long extravaganza by director Luhrmann, known for glitzy films like, 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.Elvis— the crowd-pleasing sequel to the original 1986 film that once again features Tom Cruise as cocky Navy test pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
The latest dinosaur frightfest stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard alongside franchise originals Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum.starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, which earned US$23.4 million on its opening weekend.empire, took the fifth position with US$17.7 million in its second week.
The spinoff from the wildly successful animation series stars Chris Evans and has taken US$88.8 million domestically and US$63 million overseas, after a lacklustre opening.
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