TheBlackPhone opened in fourth place at the box office with $23.3 million. The horror movie cost only $18 million to produce, putting the Blumhouse production on a glide path to profitability.
” have tied for first place in North America, with each film bringing in $30.5 million over the weekend.
Overall, it’s an encouraging weekend at the box office as five movies are putting up sizable results. Four — “Elvis” and a fellow newcomer, Universal’s Blumhouse thriller “,” as well as holdovers “Maverick” and Universal’s “Jurassic World Dominion,” each grossed $20 million or more, while a fifth, Disney’s Pixar film “Lightyear,” came close with $17 million.
Baz Luhrmann directed “Elvis,” a kaleidoscopic take on the 20th century icon. Austin Butler stars in “Elvis,” which chronicles the performer’s meteoric rise to fame through the eyes of his morally ambiguous manager, Colonel Tom Parker . Audiences dug the Warner Bros. film, awarding it an “A-” CinemaScore.
At the international box office, “Elvis” kicked off with $20 million from 51 markets for a global start of $50.5 million. Warner Bros. and Paramount will be counting every last dollar and cent to determine which film ranks as No. 1 by Monday. At the box office, ties for first place are rare, but it’s even more unusual that one of the two contenders has been playing in theaters for over a month.
“The Black Phone” opened in fourth place with $23.3 million from 3,150 North American cinemas. Overseas, the movie collected $13.4 million from 45 territories, taking its returns to $35.8 million globally. The horror movie cost only $18 million to produce, putting “The Black Phone” on a glide path to profitability.
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