‘Elvis’ Earns $3.5M in Box Office Previews, ‘Black Phone’ Rings Up $3M | THR News - video Dailymotion

Both new films will go up against holdovers Jurassic World Dominion' and 'Top Gun: Maverick,' which is crossing the $500 million mark domestically.

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00:00This episode of THR News is brought to you by Netflix's Squid Game for your Emmy consideration.

00:15Elvis shakes, rattles and rolls its way into theaters this weekend.

00:19The biopic started off its domestic box office run with $3.5 million in Thursday previews.

00:25Austin Butler stars in the film as the king of rock and roll,

00:28while Tom Hanks plays music manager Colonel Tom Parker.

00:31In that moment, I watched that skinny boy transform into a superhero.

00:41Warner Bros. and tracking suggest that Elvis will open to $25 million or more.

00:46Unless it overperforms, it could lose the weekend to one of two holdovers,

00:50Top Gun Maverick or Jurassic World Dominion, or both.

00:53Meanwhile, the horror flick The Black Phone from Blumhouse and Universal rang up $3 million in Thursday previews.

01:00Would you like to see a magic trick?

01:06Yeah.

01:08The Black Phone is tracking to open in the $15-20 million range.

01:13For more on this story and the latest box office news and numbers, go to THR.com.

01:18For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.