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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Goes Wide, Cracks North America’s Top Five

The film assembles newly restored, long-lost concert and rehearsal footage to showcase Presley’s live command.

Overview

  • After a one-week IMAX launch on February 20, the release expanded across North America on February 27 to about 1,900 theaters and placed among the weekend’s top five titles.
  • Box office to date stands at roughly $7.4 million worldwide, including $5.4 million domestic after eight days and about $2 million from early international markets.
  • Restoration teams cleaned and synced silent archival film—found in Warner Bros.’ underground Kansas salt-mine vaults and other sources—with audio, with work performed at Peter Jackson–linked facilities.
  • The footage spans Elvis’s 1970 Las Vegas run, 1972’s Elvis On Tour material and Graceland 8mm reels, complemented by a rediscovered Nagra-tape interview used to let Presley narrate in his own words.
  • Sony/RCA’s 27-track soundtrack is available on digital and CD, with a 2LP vinyl due April 24, and industry guidance suggests a likely PVOD window in early to mid-April and Hulu streaming as early as late May based on Neon’s typical rollout.