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'Elvis' Beats Out 'Top Gun: Maverick' for Number One Box Office Spot

'Elvis' Beats Out 'Top Gun: Maverick' for Number One Box Office Spot

Elvis has officially claimed the number one spot at the box office.

According to a report from IndieWire published Monday (June 27), the Baz Luhrmann directed biopic grossed $31.1 million in its first three days, $600,000 higher than its initial estimate.

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Those numbers put Elvis narrowly ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, which earned a final figure of $29.6 million. Despite coming in second, the film’s performance still marks one of the best fifth weekends ever.

Top Gun: Maverick also scored the second-best Memorial Day opening of all time and was a record breaking film for Tom Cruise by being the first time he’s had a movie open to $100 million or more.

Find out which costume Austin Butler took from the set of Elvis once the film had wrapped.

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