『エルヴィス』北米興収、『トップガン』に並ぶ　公開初週末

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】バズ・ラーマン監督の新作映画『エルヴィス』の公開初週末の北米興行収入が３０５０万ドル（約４１億円）に上る見通しとなり、首位の座を維持している『トップガン マーヴェリック』に並んだ。エンターテインメント業界の調査会社エグジビター・リレーションズが２６日、推計を公表した。（写真は『エルヴィス』に出演したオースティン・バトラー）
　ラーマン監督は『ムーラン・ルージュ』や『華麗なるギャツビー』など絢爛（けんらん）豪華な映像で知られる。
　新作は３時間近い大作。調査会社フランチャイズ・エンターテインメント・リサーチの担当者は、音楽伝記映画としては平均の２倍近い売り上げを記録していると指摘した。
　歌手エルヴィス・プレスリー役に若手俳優のオースティン・バトラーを抜てき。プレスリーを搾取するマネジャーをトム・ハンクスが演じるなど「リスクの高いキャスティング」ながら、観客と評論家から絶賛されているとしている。
　『エルヴィス』とデッドヒートを演じている『トップガン』の公開５週目週末の推計興収は同じく３０５０万ドル。これまでの累計興収は北米でほぼ５億２２００万ドル（約７００億円）、世界興収は１０億ドル（約１３５０億円）を突破し、今年最大のヒット作となった。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/06/28-14:42）

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.
The nearly three-hour long extravaganza by director Luhrmann, known for glitzy films like Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby, 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.
This is the Baz Luhrmann show, a music, dance and sex appeal spectacular -- it's a hit, he said.
Elvis was locked in a dead heat with Top Gun: Maverick -- the crowd-pleasing sequel to the original 1986 film that once again features Tom Cruise as cocky Navy test pilot Pete Maverick 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 Jurassic World Dominion, Universal's sixth installment in the Jurassic Park 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 The Black Phone starring Ethan Hawke as a serial killer, which earned $23.4 million on its opening weekend.
Lightyear, Pixar and Disney's latest computer-animated offering from the Toy Story 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.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($1.7 million)
Jugjugg Jeeyo ($604,000)
Everything Everywhere All At Once ($533,346)
The Bob's Burgers Movie ($513,000)
The Bad Guys ($440,000)