Elvis (2022 film)

Raised mostly by his doting mother Gladys, Elvis Presley spends his childhood in the slums of Tupelo, Mississippi, finding solace in music and comic books. After moving with his parents to Memphis, Tennessee, he is ridiculed by his peers due to his fascination with the African-American music of Beale Street. Colonel Tom Parker, at the time a carnival huckster, manages country singer Hank Snow but realizes Elvis' crossover potential when he hears "That's All Right," initially assuming that the artist is black. That night, after witnessing his intense sex appeal at a "Louisiana Hayride" performance, Parker invites Elvis to accompany him on a tour and convinces Elvis to let him take control of his career, which begins Elvis' meteoric ascent: he moves from Sun Records to RCA Records, his father Vernon is appointed as business manager of Elvis Presley Enterprises, and the family is lifted out of poverty.

The regional public is polarized on Elvis. Feeling that his music will corrupt white children and stoke racial hostility, segregationist Southern Democrat Mississippi Senator James Eastland calls Parker to an informal hearing and probes his mysterious past. When Elvis flouts the authorities' warnings and performs suggestive dance moves at a concert, he faces legal trouble. Parker persuades the government to draft Elvis into the Army instead of penalizing him. Elvis returns from basic training only to be devastated by his mother's death from drinking. During his military service in West Germany, he meets 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of an Air Force pilot. After his discharge, he embarks on a film career and later marries Priscilla.

As the popular culture of the 1960s passes Elvis by, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 devastate him. Although he wants to become more politically outspoken in his music, Parker has booked a family-friendly Christmas television special where he will only perform frivolous feel-good songs. Elvis works with Steve Binder to re-imagine the special, and his performance, including the closing song "If I Can Dream," incorporates not only a review of his past songs but also political commentary. Corporate sponsors threaten litigation, enraging Parker; however, the show is highly successful.

Afterward, Elvis headlines at the largest showroom in Las Vegas in the International Hotel, and resumes concert tours. Parker's control of Elvis' life tightens as he refuses his request for a world tour. Motivated by gambling debts, Parker manipulates Elvis into signing a contract for a five-year Las Vegas casino residency. Elvis' problematic behavior and prescription drug addiction overtakes him, and a despondent Priscilla divorces him on his 38th birthday, taking their daughter Lisa Marie with her. After discovering that Parker cannot leave the country because he is a stateless illegal immigrant, Elvis attempts to fire him. Parker subsequently informs Vernon that the family owes him an $8,549,761.09 debt accumulated since 1955 and convinces Elvis of their symbiotic relationship; though they became distant afterward, Parker continues as his manager.

Increasingly exhausted after a continuously rigorous schedule of shows, Elvis expresses to Priscilla his fear of being forgotten after death, as he believes he has achieved nothing worthwhile. On June 21, 1977, in Rapid City, South Dakota,{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-06-27/elvis-presley-movie-unchained-melody-1977 | title=How 'Elvis' re-creates Elvis Presley's haunting 1977 performance of 'Unchained Melody' | website=Los Angeles Times | date=June 27, 2022 | access-date=November 26, 2022 | archive-date=November 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126032357/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-06-27/elvis-presley-movie-unchained-melody-1977 | url-status=live }} an obese, pale, and weak Elvis sings "Unchained Melody" to thunderous applause. He dies shortly thereafter, on August 16, 1977; Parker claims what really killed Elvis was neither his heart attack nor drug-related suicide as some believe, but rather his love for his fans. A series of lawsuits in the 1980s exposes Parker's financial abuse of Elvis, with Parker settling out of court and cutting his ties to the Presley estate after failing to claim immunity as a stateless person. Having gambled away the rest of his ill-gotten fortune, Parker becomes poor, and on January 20, 1997, is rushed for a heart attack to a hospital in Las Vegas, where he dies. Elvis remains the best-selling solo artist in history, beloved by millions worldwide even decades after his death.

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• Austin Butler as Elvis Presley
• Chaydon Jay as young Elvis Presley
• Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker
• Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley
• Helen Thomson as Gladys Presley
• Richard Roxburgh as Vernon Presley
• Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King
• David Wenham as Hank Snow
• Kodi Smit-McPhee as Jimmie Rodgers Snow
• Luke Bracey as Jerry Schilling
• Dacre Montgomery as Steve Binder
• Leon Ford as Tom Diskin
• Gary Clark Jr. as Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• Yola as Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Natasha Bassett as Dixie Locke
• Xavier Samuel as Scotty Moore
• Adam Dunn as Bill Black
• Alton Mason as Little Richard
• Shonka Dukureh as Big Mama Thornton / Pentecostal singer
• Natalie Bassingthwaighte as Dee Stanley
• Sharon Brooks as Sylvia Shemwell of the Sweet Inspirations
• Cle Morgan as Mahalia Jackson
• Liz Blackett as Minnie Mae Presley
• Nicholas Bell as James Eastland
• Kate Mulvany as Marion Keisker
• Josh McConville as Sam Phillips
• Angie Milliken as Madam Z
• Mark Leonard Winter as Tom Hulett

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Steve Tisch and Gary Goodman purchased the film rights to Peter Guralnick's Elvis biography Last Train to Memphis in 1995, which would have focused on Presley's early career until his military draft. A screenplay was written by Tom Rickman as a 20th Century Fox production. In 1996, Jerry Schilling was brought aboard as a producer/consultant and Tom Parker as a technical advisor, with Elvis Presley Enterprises entering negotiations with imaging and music rights.{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/1996/voices/columns/20th-aboard-last-train-to-memphis-1117862846/|title = 20th aboard 'Last Train to Memphis'|author = Archerd, Army| work = Variety| date = January 21, 1996| access-date=June 1, 2023}} The plan was to cast an unknown actor for the lead role.{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/1995/voices/columns/tisch-celebrates-birthday-oscar-noms-1117862642/|title = Tisch celebrates birthday, Oscar noms|author = Archerd, Army| work = Variety| date = February 13, 1995| access-date=June 1, 2023}} Last Train to Memphis languished in development through 2013, when Kevin Macdonald was announced as director and Mick Jagger as producer. Fox 2000 would have released the film, but the project never materialized.{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2013/film/news/last-king-of-scotland-director-elvis-fox-1200587451/|title = Director Kevin MacDonald Eyes Elvis Biopic For Fox, Mick Jagger (Exclusive)|author = Knoll, Justin| work = Variety| date = September 3, 2013| access-date=June 1, 2023}}

Baz Luhrmann's involvement was first announced in April 2014, with Kelly Marcel writing the script for Warner Bros.{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/baz-luhrmann-negotiations-direct-elvis-presley-biopic-warner-bros-exclusive|title=Baz Luhrmann in Negotiations to Direct Elvis Presley Biopic for Warner Bros. (Exclusive)|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=April 30, 2014|work=TheWrap|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231245/https://www.thewrap.com/baz-luhrmann-negotiations-direct-elvis-presley-biopic-warner-bros-exclusive/|url-status=live}} No further development was announced until March 2019, when Tom Hanks was cast in the role of Colonel Tom Parker. Luhrmann was set as director, and also replaced Marcel as screenwriter with Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/tom-hanks-in-talks-to-play-colonel-tom-parker-in-baz-luhrmann-untitled-elvis-presley-pic-1202584565|title=Tom Hanks In Talks To Play Colonel Tom Parker In Baz Luhrmann Untitled Elvis Presley Pic|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=March 28, 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114094640/https://deadline.com/2019/03/tom-hanks-in-talks-to-play-colonel-tom-parker-in-baz-luhrmann-untitled-elvis-presley-pic-1202584565/|url-status=dead}}

In July, the frontrunners for the role of Presley were Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Harry Styles; later that month Butler won the role, after impressing Luhrmann with an audition tape of himself singing "Unchained Melody".{{cite web | url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/austin-butler-interview-2022 | title=Austin Butler is a hunk of burning love | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525200852/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/austin-butler-interview-2022 | url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-austin-butler-harry-styles-tom-hanks-1202640766|title=Top Young Talent Vying For Elvis In Baz Luhrmann Film; Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Austin Butler, Harry Styles|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=July 1, 2019|work=Deadline|archive-date=November 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230114/https://deadline.com/2019/07/elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-ansel-elgort-miles-teller-austin-butler-harry-styles-tom-hanks-1202640766/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/austin-butler-elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-tom-hanks-colonel-tom-parker-warner-bros-1202646290|title=Baz Luhrmann Sets Austin Butler In Starmaking Elvis Presley Role Opposite Tom Hanks In Warner Bros Film|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=July 15, 2019|work=Deadline|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122164528/https://deadline.com/2019/07/austin-butler-elvis-presley-movie-baz-luhrmann-tom-hanks-colonel-tom-parker-warner-bros-1202646290/|url-status=dead}} Luhrmann revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he got a call from Denzel Washington recommending Butler, having previously worked with him in a 2018 theatre production of The Iceman Cometh.{{cite magazine |last1=Lenker |first1=Maureen Lee |date=May 12, 2022 |title=Baz Luhrmann teases 'Elvis' as a '3-act pop cultural opera' |url=https://ew.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-interview-summer-preview/ |access-date=May 13, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512212318/https://ew.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-interview-summer-preview/ |url-status=live }} In October, Olivia DeJonge was cast to play Priscilla Presley.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/elvis-presley-baz-luhrmann-film-finds-its-priscilla-presley-in-netflix-the-society-actress-olivia-dejonge-1202758419|title=Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley Film Finds Its Priscilla Presley In Netflix 'The Society' Actress Olivia DeJonge|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=October 25, 2019|work=Deadline|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231042419/https://deadline.com/2019/10/elvis-presley-baz-luhrmann-film-finds-its-priscilla-presley-in-netflix-the-society-actress-olivia-dejonge-1202758419/|url-status=dead}} Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell were cast as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020 (though they were replaced in the film by Helen Thomson and Richard Roxburgh, respectively), with Yola cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-elvis-presley-mom-1203496130|title=Maggie Gyllenhaal to Play Elvis Presley's Mom in Baz Luhrmann's Biopic (Exclusive)|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=February 7, 2020|work=Variety|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116235909/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/maggie-gyllenhaal-elvis-presley-mom-1203496130/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/rufus-sewell-elvis-presleys-father-baz-luhrmann-1203503696|title=Rufus Sewell to Play Elvis Presley's Father in Baz Luhrmann's Musical Drama (Exclusive)|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=February 13, 2020|work=Variety|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918113938/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/rufus-sewell-elvis-presleys-father-baz-luhrmann-1203503696/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/yola-elvis-presley-movie-sister-rosetta-tharpe-1203510668|title=Yola to Play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (Exclusive)|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=February 21, 2020|work=Variety|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925163250/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/yola-elvis-presley-movie-sister-rosetta-tharpe-1203510668/|url-status=live}}

Principal photography began on January 28, 2020, in Australia.{{cite web|last=Marc|first=Christopher|url=https://hnentertainment.co/austin-butler-lands-elvis-presley-role-opposite-tom-hanks-in-wbs-biopic-directed-by-baz-lurhmann/|title=Austin Butler Lands Elvis Presley Role Opposite Tom Hanks In WB's Biopic Directed By Baz Lurhmann|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=July 15, 2019|work=hnentertainment|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201021113/https://hnentertainment.co/austin-butler-lands-elvis-presley-role-opposite-tom-hanks-in-wbs-biopic-directed-by-baz-lurhmann/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://doyouremember.com/111980/tom-hanks-filming-elvis-presley-biopic-australia|title=Tom Hanks Has Begun Filming For The Elvis Presley Biopic In Australia|website=Do You Remember|first=Lauren|last=Novak|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129161920/https://doyouremember.com/111980/tom-hanks-filming-elvis-presley-biopic-australia|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tom-hanks-visits-a-gold-coast-beach-as-flooding-delays-filming-on-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-movie/news-story/700a1e7cc39e15afd1fd3f7fb8527141|title=Tom Hanks visits a Gold Coast beach as flooding delays filming on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie|last=Price|first=Amy|date=January 31, 2020|work=The Courier-Mail|access-date=February 24, 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120023531/https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fconfidential%2Ftom-hanks-visits-a-gold-coast-beach-as-flooding-delays-filming-on-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-movie%2Fnews-story%2F700a1e7cc39e15afd1fd3f7fb8527141&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=b2f7c5d385d05c264482de9f85f2f05c-1611110131|url-status=live}} On March 12, 2020, production was halted when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-elvis-presley-movie-1202880431/|title=Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive For Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits 'Elvis Presley' Film|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=March 12, 2020|work=Deadline|access-date=March 12, 2020|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312081419/https://deadline.com/2020/03/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-elvis-presley-movie-1202880431/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus-1203531498/|title=Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Test Positive for Coronavirus|last=Stedman|first=Alex|date=March 12, 2020|work=Variety|access-date=March 12, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406051255/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus-1203531498/|url-status=live}} Filming resumed on September 23.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title=Elvis: Baz Luhrmann-Tom Hanks Movie Returning To Production In Australia After COVID-19 Shutdown|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/elvis-tom-hanks-baz-luhrmann-movie-returns-to-production-australia-1234574267/|work=Deadline Hollywood| date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=September 10, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910122015/https://deadline.com/2020/09/elvis-tom-hanks-baz-luhrmann-movie-returns-to-production-australia-1234574267/|url-status=live}} In September 2020, Luke Bracey, Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery, Natasha Bassett, Xavier Samuel, Leon Ford, Kate Mulvany, Gareth Davies, Charles Grounds, Josh McConville, and Adam Dunn joined the cast of the film. Roxburgh and Thomson replaced Sewell and Gyllenhaal, respectively, who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts caused by the shooting delay.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/luke-bracey-baz-luhrmann-elvis-austin-butler-tom-hanks-1234766547/|title=Luke Bracey Joins Cast of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (Exclusive)|work=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 11, 2020|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911184134/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/luke-bracey-baz-luhrmann-elvis-austin-butler-tom-hanks-1234766547/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=September 16, 2020|title=Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Adds Richard Roxburgh, Helen Thomson, Dacre Montgomery|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-richard-roxburgh-1234772642/|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004342/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-richard-roxburgh-1234772642/|url-status=live}} Kelvin Harrison Jr. was announced to be portraying B. B. King in December.{{cite web|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/kelvin-harrison-jr-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-warner-bros-1234662417/|title=Kelvin Harrison Jr. To Play Blues Icon B.B. King In Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Project|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=December 30, 2020|work=Deadline|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109202311/https://deadline.com/2020/12/kelvin-harrison-jr-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-warner-bros-1234662417/|url-status=live}} In January 2021, it was reported that Alton Mason would be portraying Little Richard in the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/newcomer-alton-mason-little-richard-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-1234681086/|title=Newcomer Alton Mason To Play Little Richard In Baz Luhrmann's Elvis|date=January 26, 2021|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127000955/https://deadline.com/2021/01/newcomer-alton-mason-little-richard-baz-luhrmanns-elvis-1234681086/|archive-date=January 27, 2021|url-status=live}} On May 25, 2022, Butler revealed to GQ that after filming wrapped in March 2021, he was hospitalized and bedridden for a week after being diagnosed with a virus that simulated appendicitis.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/austin-butler-hospitalized-elvis-wrapped-bedridden-week-1235277248/|title=Austin Butler Was Hospitalized After 'Elvis' Wrapped, Bedridden for a Week: 'My Body Shut Down'|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=May 25, 2022|work=Variety|access-date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525200850/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/austin-butler-hospitalized-elvis-wrapped-bedridden-week-1235277248/|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/austin-butler-interview-2022 | title=Austin Butler is a hunk of burning love | last=Paiella | first=Gabriella | date=May 25, 2022 | work=GQ | access-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525200852/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/austin-butler-interview-2022 | url-status=live }}

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On April 25, 2022, it was announced that American rapper Doja Cat would contribute an original song for the film, "Vegas", which incorporates elements from Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog". It was released as a single on May 6, 2022, ahead of the film's companion soundtrack album, scheduled for release that summer by RCA Records. The album also features variations on Presley material by big name artists in a variety of genres and styles.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/doja-cat-elvis-vegas-soundtrack-single-release-date-soundtrack-1235240121/ | title=Doja Cat's 'Elvis' Soundtrack Single, 'Vegas,' Set for May as RCA Readies Movie's Companion Album | work=Variety | first=Chris | last=Willman | date=April 25, 2022 | access-date=April 25, 2022 | archive-date=April 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425180459/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/doja-cat-elvis-vegas-soundtrack-single-release-date-soundtrack-1235240121/ | url-status=live }} Italian band Måneskin and American country singer Kacey Musgraves are also part of the soundtrack with their respective cover versions of "If I Can Dream" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K.J. |date=May 15, 2022 |title=Eurovision Winners Maneskin to Feature on Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Soundtrack |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/maneskin-elvis-baz-luhrmann-1235267307/ |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515194007/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/maneskin-elvis-baz-luhrmann-1235267307/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Kacey Musgraves Is Covering 'Can't Help Falling in Love' for 'Elvis' Film Soundtrack |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kacey-musgraves-elvis-soundtrack-cover-cant-help-falling-in-love-met-gala-baz-luhrmann-1235256296/ |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523172330/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/kacey-musgraves-elvis-soundtrack-cover-cant-help-falling-in-love-met-gala-baz-luhrmann-1235256296/ |url-status=live }} On May 23, 2022, rapper Eminem announced on his Instagram that he and CeeLo Green would collaborate on a new track titled "The King and I" which was produced by Dr. Dre.{{cite web|date=May 24, 2022|title=Eminem Teases New Song "The King and I" From Elvis Movie Soundtrack|url=https://hiphop24x7.com/news/eminem-new-song-the-king-and-i-elvis-movie-soundtrack/|access-date=May 24, 2022|website=HipHopDX|language=en-GB|archive-date=May 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523164146/https://hiphop24x7.com/news/eminem-new-song-the-king-and-i-elvis-movie-soundtrack/|url-status=live}} The full roster of artists for the soundtrack album was announced the same day with Stevie Nicks, Jack White, Diplo, Swae Lee and many more joining the lineup, along with the film's cast. Austin Butler's renditions of Presley's songs, as well as actual recordings by Presley himself, are also featured.{{cite web |title='Elvis' Trailer: Baz Luhrmann's Musical Soundtrack Features The Music Of Jack White, Doja Cat, Eminem & More |url=https://theplaylist.net/elvis-trailer-soundtrack-details-doja-cat-jack-white-20220523/ |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=theplaylist.net |date=May 23, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525044223/https://theplaylist.net/elvis-trailer-soundtrack-details-doja-cat-jack-white-20220523/ |url-status=live }} "The King and I" was released on June 16, 2022, earlier than its originally intended release date. The complete soundtrack was released on June 24, 2022, entering the Billboard soundtrack chart at No. 1 on July 9, 2022.

{{external media|float=right|video1=[https://twitter.com/bazluhrmann/status/1535331083511791622 The 2019 pre-production test shoot] showcasing Austin Butler's live vocal performance as Presley when he is young via Baz Luhrmann's Twitter}}

On June 12, 2022, Luhrmann revealed that when Presley sings in the film, it is Butler's vocals that are used when he is young. To prove it, he released on social media an early 2019 pre-production test shoot of Butler as young Presley performing "That's All Right" live on set, which went viral and received an overwhelmingly positive response from viewers.{{cite web |first=Tionah |last=Lee |url=https://www.etonline.com/baz-luhrmann-confirms-austin-butler-sings-all-young-elvis-songs-in-movie-riley-keough-reacts-185618 |title=Baz Luhrmann Confirms Austin Butler Sings All Young Elvis Songs In Movie – Riley Keough Reacts | Entertainment Tonight |publisher=Etonline.com |date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623030842/https://www.etonline.com/baz-luhrmann-confirms-austin-butler-sings-all-young-elvis-songs-in-movie-riley-keough-reacts-185618 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CeokrqEpudp |title=Baz Luhrmann's Instagram profile post: "The response to Austin's version of Trouble has been tremendous but so many of you still ask, 'is it Austin singing?' I feel I haven't been…" |publisher=Instagram.com |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228123253/https://www.instagram.com/p/CeokrqEpudp/ |url-status=live }} Butler's vocals were blended with Presley's when he is older.{{Cite web |title=Does Austin Butler really sing and play guitar in Elvis? His Elvis Presley vocals explained |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elvis-presley/does-austin-butler-sing-in-elvis-biopic/ |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=Smooth |language=en |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810182054/https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/elvis-presley/does-austin-butler-sing-in-elvis-biopic/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Is Austin Butler really singing and playing guitar in 'Elvis' movie? |url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/elvis-austin-butler-sing-guitar/ |access-date=August 11, 2022 |website=Classic FM |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811114224/https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/elvis-austin-butler-sing-guitar/ |url-status=live }}

The first three-minute trailer for the film premiered during NBC's live coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics on February 17, 2022, and was uploaded online the same day.{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=February 17, 2022 |title='Elvis' Trailer: Yes, That Is Austin Butler Singing in Baz Luhrmann's Biopic About the King of Rock 'n' Roll |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/elvis-trailer-austin-butler-singing-presley-1235092479/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621193941/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/elvis-trailer-austin-butler-singing-presley-1235092479/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Watch the First Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's New Movie Elvis |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-baz-luhrmann-new-movie-elvis/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161918/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-first-trailer-for-baz-luhrmann-new-movie-elvis/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Lee Lenker |first=Maureen |title=See 'Elvis' shake, rattle, and roll in first trailer for Baz Luhrmann's biopic |url=https://ew.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-trailer/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161901/https://ew.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-trailer/ |url-status=live }} Nick Relly of Rolling Stone stated "The trailer opens with a foreboding voiceover from Hanks's Parker, in which he acknowledges that he is considered the "villain of this here story"—owing to the widespread belief that Parker's interest in Elvis was mainly financially motivated. From there, we're given a look at some of Elvis' most electrifying early performances, with Butler bearing an uncanny resemblance to the King himself."{{cite magazine |last=Reilly |first=Nick |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Baz Luhrmann Drops Trailer for Biopic 'Elvis' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/baz-luhrmann-drops-trailer-for-biopic-elvis-1301950/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161901/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/baz-luhrmann-drops-trailer-for-biopic-elvis-1301950/ |url-status=live }} Sasha Urban of Variety and Rania Aniftos of Billboard praised Butler's performance as he "uncannily resembled Presley".{{cite web |last=Urban |first=Sasha |date=February 17, 2022 |title='Elvis' Trailer: The King of Rock and Roll Is Back in Baz Luhrmann's Flashy Biopic |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-trailer-austin-butler-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235182873/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161901/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-trailer-austin-butler-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235182873/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Austin Butler Is Transformed Into The King in Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Trailer |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/elvis-movie-trailer-baz-luhrmann-1235033242/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161901/https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/elvis-movie-trailer-baz-luhrmann-1235033242/ |url-status=live }} The second trailer premiered online on May 23, 2022, two days before the film's world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |title='Elvis' Trailer: Baz Luhrmann's Musical Soundtrack Features the Music of Jack White, Doja Cat, Eminem & More |date=May 23, 2022 |url=https://theplaylist.net/elvis-trailer-soundtrack-details-doja-cat-jack-white-20220523/ |access-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523170428/https://theplaylist.net/elvis-trailer-soundtrack-details-doja-cat-jack-white-20220523/ |url-status=live }} James White of Empire stated "With typical Luhrmann swagger and style, this could be a good fit of filmmaker and subject".{{cite web |title=New Elvis Trailer Shows The Birth Of A Star |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/new-elvis-trailer-shows-the-birth-of-a-star/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Empire |date=May 23, 2022 |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625054916/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/new-elvis-trailer-shows-the-birth-of-a-star/ |url-status=live }} Screen Rant-based Adam Bentz stated "The trailer highlights how the biopic spans a period of over twenty years and chronicles both the singer's opulent rise to stardom and eventual fall from grace."{{cite web |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Elvis Movie Trailer Chronicles Presley's Rise & Fall as King of Rock & Roll |url=https://screenrant.com/elvis-movie-trailer-2-baz-luhrmann/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161901/https://screenrant.com/elvis-movie-trailer-2-baz-luhrmann/ |url-status=live }}

In a May 2022 interview with Sotheby's, Luhrmann refuted the label of "biopic" to describe the film: "As it turns out, I've just made a film called Elvis which isn't even really about Elvis. It's really about American in the fifties, sixties, and seventies."{{cite web |last1=Fenstermaker |first1=Will |title=Baz Luhrmann on Elvis |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/baz-luhrmann-elvis-interview |website=Sotheby's|date=May 13, 2022 }} NME magazine dedicated a standalone free-print issue of 36 pages, covering Presley's life, interviews with Butler, Luhrmann and other cast members.{{cite web |title=Warner Bros brings back a one-shot NME magazine for Elvis movie |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/06/16/warner-bros-brings-back-one-shot-nme-magazine-elvis-movie |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=The Drum |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617090545/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/06/16/warner-bros-brings-back-one-shot-nme-magazine-elvis-movie |url-status=live }} A special Elvis-inspired shoot with artists Wallice and Master Peace, musical guide to 10 tracks from Presley and the city of Memphis and the magazine's interview with Presley in 1960 (from the archives).{{cite web |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Pick up your exclusive 'Elvis' Film Special Edition of NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme-launch-exclusive-elvis-film-special-edition-3248523 |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622161917/https://www.nme.com/news/nme-launch-exclusive-elvis-film-special-edition-3248523 |url-status=live }} The magazine issues were made available digitally and through physical prints in stores on June 16, 2022. An ABC special, Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20, featuring a look at Presley's real-life and the making of the film, aired on June 21, 2022, to promote the film.{{cite web |date=June 21, 2022 |title=ABC News Presents a Special Edition of '20/20' on the Making of ELVIS |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/ABC-News-Presents-a-Special-Edition-of-2020-on-the-Making-of-ELVIS-20220620 |website=BroadwayWorld |access-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621185523/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/ABC-News-Presents-a-Special-Edition-of-2020-on-the-Making-of-ELVIS-20220620 |url-status=live }} AMC Theatres, in collaboration with Feverup, announced a pre-sale special where viewers could purchase tickets to the film for $10.99.{{cite magazine |last=Muhammad |first=Latifah |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Want to See 'Elvis'? Here's How You Can Get Pre-Sale Tickets for Cheap |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/elvis-biopic-ticket-special-1235089973/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621165330/https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/elvis-biopic-ticket-special-1235089973/ |url-status=live }} The final trailer was released online on June 22, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2022/one-final-trailer-for-elvis-with-austin-butler-opening-this-week/ |title=One Final Trailer for 'Elvis' with Austin Butler – Opening This Week |date=June 22, 2022 |publisher=FirstShowing.net |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623023835/https://www.firstshowing.net/2022/one-final-trailer-for-elvis-with-austin-butler-opening-this-week/ |url-status=live }}

Elvis was released in cinemas in Australia on June 23, 2022, and in the United States on June 24, by Warner Bros. Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1201453-baz-luhrmann-elvis-biopic-gets-pushed-back|title=Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Biopic Gets Pushed Back to Late June 2022|last=Dela Paz|first=Maggie|website=ComingSoon.net|date=November 15, 2021|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704235726/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1201453-baz-luhrmann-elvis-biopic-gets-pushed-back|url-status=live}} It was previously scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021,{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/dune-baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-movie-release-dates-1202660346|title=Warner Bros. Dates Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley Movie, Shifts Dune & More|access-date=January 19, 2021|date=August 2, 2019|work=Deadline|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118054053/https://deadline.com/2019/08/dune-baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-movie-release-dates-1202660346/|url-status=live}} before being delayed to November 5, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-batman-sopranos-prequel-tom-elvis-presley-movie-warner-bros-release-dates-changes-coronavirus-1202912605/ |title=The Batman Flies To Fall 2021, Sopranos Prequel Moves To March & More As Warner Bros. Makes Release Date Changes Due To COVID-19 Climate |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=April 20, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420202338/https://deadline.com/2020/04/the-batman-sopranos-prequel-tom-elvis-presley-movie-warner-bros-release-dates-changes-coronavirus-1202912605/ |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |url-status=live}} and later to June 3, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-rocks-to-summer-2022-1234682882/|title=Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley Pic Rocks To Summer 2022|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207222215/https://deadline.com/2021/01/baz-luhrmann-elvis-presley-rocks-to-summer-2022-1234682882/|url-status=live}} The film was not listed as part of the December 2020 announcement by Warner Bros. Pictures to debut its entire 2021 slate concurrently in movie theatres and on HBO Max, before the film was officially pushed to 2022.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/baz-luhrmann-elvis-movie-release-date-1234895104/|title=Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Movie Delays Release Date|first=Rebecca|last=Rubin|website=Variety|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128230837/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/baz-luhrmann-elvis-movie-release-date-1234895104/|url-status=live}}

The film became eligible to be made available on HBO Max and premium video on demand (PVOD) on August 8, 2022, 45 days after its theatrical release, under a plan announced by WarnerMedia in 2021.{{cite web|last=Seddon|first=Gem|date=August 10, 2021|title=Warner Bros. movies heading to HBO Max after 45-day theatrical window in 2022|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/warner-bros-movies-heading-to-hbo-max-after-45-day-theatrical-window-in-2022/|access-date=November 8, 2021|website=gamesradar|language=en|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810092535/https://www.gamesradar.com/warner-bros-movies-heading-to-hbo-max-after-45-day-theatrical-window-in-2022/|url-status=live}} However, IndieWire reported shortly before that date that the merged Warner Bros. Discovery had decided to instead release Elvis solely to PVOD on August 9 and to Blu-ray/DVD on September 13 with HBO Max availability likely to follow in the fall.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/elvis-will-enter-the-building-next-tuesday-via-pvod-not-hbo-max-1234747891/|title='Elvis' Will Enter the Building Next Tuesday via PVOD, Not HBO Max|first=Tom|last=Brueggemann|work=IndieWire|date=August 3, 2022|access-date=August 6, 2022|archive-date=August 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806151907/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/elvis-will-enter-the-building-next-tuesday-via-pvod-not-hbo-max-1234747891/|url-status=live}} The film became available for streaming exclusively on HBO Max on September 2, followed by the HBO network premiere on September 3.

The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2022, where it received a twelve-minute standing ovation from the audience, the longest for an Australian film at the festival and tying with Hirokazu Kore-eda's Broker for the longest overall.{{cite web |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=D'Alessandro |first2=Anthony |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Rocks Cannes with 10-Minute Standing Ovation |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/elvis-cannes-premiere-baz-luhrmann-austin-butler-tom-hanks-standing-ovation-1235032608/ |work=Deadline |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525203123/https://deadline.com/2022/05/elvis-cannes-premiere-baz-luhrmann-austin-butler-tom-hanks-standing-ovation-1235032608/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=May 25, 2022 |title='Elvis' Star Austin Butler Thrusts Hips at Cannes, Gaining 12-Minute Standing Ovation |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-cannes-standing-ovation-1235277199/ |work=Variety |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526105357/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-cannes-standing-ovation-1235277199/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |first=Bae |last=Hyo-Joo |date=May 2, 2022 |script-title=ko:12분 기립 박수 ‘브로커’ 수상 가능성은? "황금종려상 충분히" |language=ko |trans-title=12-minute standing ovation 'Broker' Chances of winning? "Enough for the Palme d’Or" |work=Newsen |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000581000 |access-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527101328/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/609/0000581000 |url-status=live }} It also opened the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico on June 10{{cite web |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Opens Guadalajara Festival |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/gudalajara-festival-elvis-baz-luhrmann-1235290515/ |work=Variety |access-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621234110/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/gudalajara-festival-elvis-baz-luhrmann-1235290515/ |url-status=live }} and at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia on June 15.{{cite web|date=May 25, 2022|title=Australian Elvis fans treated to new movie, new exhibition|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2022/05/australian-elvis-fans-treated-to-new-movie-new-exhibition/|work=Australian Geographic|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629104603/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2022/05/australian-elvis-fans-treated-to-new-movie-new-exhibition/|url-status=live}}

Following the film's reception of its eight Oscar nominations, Warner Bros. announced its return to theaters for a limited engagement starting on January 27, 2023.{{cite web | url=https://bleedingcool.com/movies/elvis-returning-to-theaters-this-weekend-hanks-butler-academy-awards/ | title=Elvis Returns to Theaters This Friday After Oscar Nominations | date=January 26, 2023 | access-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127043851/https://bleedingcool.com/movies/elvis-returning-to-theaters-this-weekend-hanks-butler-academy-awards/ | url-status=live }}

In June 2022, Luhrmann revealed that he had originally planned a four-hour cut of the film which notably contains scenes of Presley with his first girlfriend, Dixie, and his meeting with President Richard Nixon in 1970, sequences that he was sorry to leave out of the theatrically-released cut.{{cite web| url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-4-hours-exclusive-newsupdate/| title=Baz Luhrmann reveals "4-hour version" of Elvis exists| last=Cremona| first=Patrick| website=RadioTimes.com| date=June 20, 2022| access-date=June 21, 2022| language=en| archive-date=June 20, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620235328/https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/baz-luhrmann-elvis-4-hours-exclusive-newsupdate/| url-status=live}} In September, Luhrmann commented on the possibility that the four-hour cut could see the light of day.[https://collider.com/elvis-4-hour-cut-baz-luhrmann-comments/ collider.com > article "'Elvis' Director Baz Luhrmann Discusses Releasing His 4-Hour Cut" by Matt VILLEI - September 14, 2022]

Luhrmann stated he wanted to cut together a sequence of Austin Butler performing as Presley in an uninterrupted full concert (as many of Butler's individual performances were interspersed throughout the theatrically-released cut). According to Luhrmann, this concert version would be a "director's assembly," not a full version of the film, with the material still needing to be edited and worked on.[https://collider.com/elvis-baz-luhrmann-full-concert-cut-comments/ collider.com > article "'Elvis': Baz Luhrmann Promises to Release Austin Butler’l's Full Concerts in Extended Cut" by Allison HAVERMALE - November 30, 2022]

Elvis grossed $151 million in the United States and Canada, and $137.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $288.7 million.

In the United States and Canada, Elvis was released alongside The Black Phone, and was projected to gross $25–30 million from 3,906 theaters in its opening weekend.{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=June 22, 2022 |title=Box Office: 'Elvis' Targets $30 Million Debut, 'The Black Phone' Aims for $158.9 Million |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/elvis-box-office-opening-weekend-estimates-1235300592/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192516/https://variety.com/2022/film/box-office/elvis-box-office-opening-weekend-estimates-1235300592/amp/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=June 22, 2022 |title='Top Gun: Maverick' Could Upset 'Elvis' At Weekend Box Office As Tom Cruise Pic Flies To $500M Stateside |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-elvis-the-black-phone-box-office-1235050451/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719030725/https://deadline.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-elvis-the-black-phone-box-office-1235050451/ |url-status=live }} It made $12.7 million on its first day, including $3.5 million from Thursday night previews.{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/elvis-in-box-office-dead-heat-with-top-gun-maverick-with-30-million-opening/|title='Elvis' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' in Box Office Dead Heat With $30 Million Each|first=Jeremy|last=Foster|publisher=TheWrap|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=June 25, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625154541/https://www.thewrap.com/elvis-in-box-office-dead-heat-with-top-gun-maverick-with-30-million-opening/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/box-office-elvis-black-phone-previews-1235302577/|title=Box Office: 'Elvis' Banks $3.5 Million in Previews, 'The Black Phone' Scares Up $3 Million|first=Brent|last=Lang|work=Variety|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709124814/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/box-office-elvis-black-phone-previews-1235302577/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/06/24/thursday-box-office-austin-butler-elvis-earns-4-million-as-ethan-hawke-black-phone-nabs-3-million/?sh=2d1306436f46|title=Box Office: 'Elvis' Earns $3.5 Million Thursday, 'Black Phone' Nabs $3 Million|first=Scott|last=Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624151103/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/06/24/thursday-box-office-austin-butler-elvis-earns-4-million-as-ethan-hawke-black-phone-nabs-3-million/?sh=2d1306436f46|url-status=live}} It went on to debut to $31.2 million, beating out holdover Top Gun: Maverick for first place atop the box office. According to PostTrak, 31% of the opening weekend audiences was over the age of 55, with 48% being over 45, while women over 25 (the most hesitant to return to theaters amid the pandemic) made up 45%. The main reasons given for seeing the film were the subject matter (49%) and Hanks (25%).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/box-office-elvis-top-gun-maverick-black-phone-1235052035/|title=Elvis Shakes No. 1 Away From Top Gun: Maverick After Dead Heat With $31M+ – Monday AM Box Office Update|date=June 27, 2022|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 27, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625170618/https://deadline.com/2022/06/box-office-elvis-top-gun-maverick-black-phone-1235052035/|url-status=live}} In its second weekend the film made $18.5 million (a drop of 40.9%), and $22.7 million over the four-day Independence Day weekend, finishing third behind Top Gun: Maverick and Minions: The Rise of Gru.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W26/|title=Domestic 2022 Weekend 26|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 6, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710003702/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W26/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W26/occasion/us_july4_weekend/|title=Domestic 2022 Weekend 26 {{!}} July 1–4, 2022 – July 4th long weekend (US)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 6, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705222536/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W26/occasion/us_july4_weekend/|url-status=live}}

In its third weekend the film made $11.2 million, finishing in fourth behind Top Gun: Maverick, Minions The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W27/|title=Domestic 2022 Weekend 27|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=July 12, 2022|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711105123/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2022W27/|url-status=live}}

Outside the US and Canada, the film made $20 million from 50 markets in its first international weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-elvis-global-china-international-box-office-1235052205/|title=Top Gun Tops $1B WW, Jurassic World Dominion Nears $750M Global & Elvis Enters With $51M – International Box Office|date=June 26, 2022|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 27, 2022|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704211744/https://deadline.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-elvis-global-china-international-box-office-1235052205/|url-status=live}} In its second weekend, the film passed the $100 million worldwide threshold after adding $15.7 million (a drop of 28%) to its total.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions-the-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-global-international-box-office-1235057475/|title=Minions: The Rise Of Gru Boogies To $202M WW As Top Gun: Maverick Flies By $1.1B & Jurassic World Dominion Rumbles Past $800M – International Box Office|date=July 3, 2022|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 5, 2022|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705173739/https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions-the-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-global-international-box-office-1235057475/|url-status=live}} In its third weekend, it performed well against newcomer Thor: Love and Thunder internationally, grossing $8.7 million (a drop of 44%).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/thor-love-and-thunder-marvel-opening-weekend-minions-top-gun-maverick-global-international-box-officeinternational-box-office-1235061061/|title=Thor: Love And Thunder Nails $302M Global Debut; Minions Gru-ving To $400M WW – International Box Office|date=July 10, 2022|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 12, 2022|archive-date=July 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711211442/https://deadline.com/2022/07/thor-love-and-thunder-marvel-opening-weekend-minions-top-gun-maverick-global-international-box-officeinternational-box-office-1235061061/|url-status=live}} It crossed the $200 million worldwide mark in its fifth weekend. As of August 24, 2022, the film's largest markets include the UK ($29.47 million), Australia ($22.5 million), France ($8.3 million), Mexico ($7.4 million), Japan ($5.2 million), and Germany ($6.01 million).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/thor-love-and-thunder-minions-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-global-international-box-office-1235076356/|title=Minions Mints $640M Global As Thor Closes In On $600M; Top Gun: Maverick Soaring To $1.3B WW This Week – International Box Office|date=July 24, 2022|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-date=November 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120091138/https://deadline.com/2022/07/thor-love-and-thunder-minions-rise-of-gru-top-gun-maverick-jurassic-world-dominion-global-international-box-office-1235076356/|url-status=live}}

By March 25, 2023, the film had been streamed on HBO Max in 9 million households in the United States according to Samba TV, including 3.1 million since the Oscar nomination announcements on January 24, the highest total of any Best Picture nominee that year.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/oscars-box-office-streaming-top-gun-maverick-avatar-the-way-of-water-elvis-1235283443/|title=Oscar Halo Effect: 'Top Gun: Maverick' Most Viewed In Streaming Post-Noms, 'Elvis' Most Watched Overall, 'Avatar 2' Biggest At Box Office|date=March 9, 2023|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 7, 2023}} According to The Numbers, the movie's video release, namely the DVD and Blu-Ray versions has sold almost 750,000 copies bringing a tally of $14,263,700 which covers the period from its release in October 2022 till May 2023, the last week for which video sales in the US are available at the time of writing (January 2024).

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{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|77|6.8|398|The standard rock biopic formula gets all shook up in Elvis, with Baz Luhrmann's dazzling energy and style perfectly complemented by Austin Butler's outstanding lead performance.|ref=yes|access-date=August 7, 2022}} {{Metacritic film prose|score=64|count=60|ref=yes|access-date=July 31, 2022}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak gave the film an 88% overall positive score, with 72% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Butler's portrayal of Presley was widely acclaimed. Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times described Butler as "a decent physical match for Elvis and a better one vocally."{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-05-25/elvis-presley-movie-review-cannes-film-festival | title=Baz Luhrmann's unruly 'Elvis' shakes up the Cannes Film Festival | website=Los Angeles Times | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526181308/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-05-25/elvis-presley-movie-review-cannes-film-festival | url-status=live }} David Rooney wrote for The Hollywood Reporter that Butler "captures the tragic paradox of a phenomenal success story who clings tenaciously to the American Dream even as it keeps crumbling in his hands."{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis: Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2022 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/elvis-baz-luhrmann-cannes-2022-1235152957/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525193122/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/elvis-baz-luhrmann-cannes-2022-1235152957/ |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Clarisse Loughrey of The Independent wrote that he "makes a compelling argument for the power of Elvis, at a time when the musician's arguably lost a little of his cultural cachet."{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/elvis-review-movie-austin-butler-b2087479.html | title=Baz Luhrmann's sweaty, seductive Elvis makes the King cool again – review | website=Independent.co.uk | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/elvis-review-movie-austin-butler-b2087479.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://people.com/movies/austin-butlers-performance-applauded-by-critics-as-elvis-movie-receives-mixed/ |title=Austin Butler's 'Sexy' Elvis Performance Applauded by Critics Despite Movie Earning Mixed Reviews |last=VanHoose |first=Benjamin |date=May 25, 2022 |work=People |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525204144/https://people.com/movies/austin-butlers-performance-applauded-by-critics-as-elvis-movie-receives-mixed/ |url-status=live }}

On the film itself, Robbie Collin of The Telegraph gave it four out of five stars, calling it "a bright and splashy jukebox epic," but that "it veers in and out of fashion on a scene-by-scene basis: it's the most impeccably styled and blaringly gaudy thing you'll see all year, and all the more fun for it."{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/elvis-review-cant-help-falling-love-baz-luhrmanns-jukebox-epic/ | title=Elvis, review: You can't help falling in love with Baz Luhrmann's jukebox epic | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=May 25, 2022 | last1=Collin | first1=Robbie | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/elvis-review-cant-help-falling-love-baz-luhrmanns-jukebox-epic/ | url-status=live }} Kevin Maher of The Times called it Luhrmann's "best film since Romeo + Juliet ... The power in the musical numbers is drawn from Butler's turn but also from Luhrmann, who edits with the kind of frenetic rhythms that are almost impossible to resist (feet will tap) ... They are the spine-tingling highlights that make the entire project a must-see movie."{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/elvis-review-baz-luhrmanns-best-movie-since-romeo-juliet-j78tsrplg | title=Elvis review — Baz Luhrmann's best movie since Romeo + Juliet | last1=Maher | first1=Kevin | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elvis-review-baz-luhrmanns-best-movie-since-romeo-juliet-j78tsrplg | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.avclub.com/elvis-cannes-reviews-austin-butler-tom-hanks-1848978697 | title=Critics praise Austin Butler, can't quite figure out Tom Hanks in Elvis | website=The A.V. Club | date=May 26, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.avclub.com/elvis-cannes-reviews-austin-butler-tom-hanks-1848978697 | url-status=live }} Jim Vejvoda of IGN called it "a dizzying and at times even overwhelming chronicle of the rock icon."{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/elvis-review-baz-luhrmann-movie | title=Elvis Review | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.ign.com/articles/elvis-review-baz-luhrmann-movie | url-status=live }} Owen Gleiberman of Variety called it "A fizzy, delirious, impishly energized, compulsively watchable 2-hour-and-39-minute fever dream – a spangly pinwheel of a movie that converts the Elvis saga we all carry around in our heads into a lavishly staged biopic-as-pop-opera."{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/elvis-review-austin-butler-tom-hanks-baz-luhrmann-1235269244/ | title='Elvis' Review: Baz Luhrmann's Biopic, Starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, is a Stylishly On-the-Surface Life-of-Elvis Impersonation Until It Takes off in Vegas | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/elvis-review-austin-butler-tom-hanks-baz-luhrmann-1235269244/ | url-status=live }} Joshua Rothkopf wrote for Entertainment Weekly that it "delivers the icon like never before" and that Luhrmann recaptured "his Moulin Rouge! mojo with a hip-swiveling profile loaded with risk and reward." He went on to praise Butler's performance, saying that he "stares down the lens and melts it."{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/elvis-baz-luhrmann-austin-butler/ | title=Cannes review: Electrifying 'Elvis' delivers the icon like never before | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://ew.com/movies/movie-reviews/elvis-baz-luhrmann-austin-butler/ | url-status=live }}

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, while praising the visuals and Butler's performance, felt mixed about the film being told from Colonel Tom Parker's perspective, saying "I would have loved to have listened in on Luhrmann and Hanks's conversations about their ideas for the character; if nothing else, it might have explained what in the world they were after here. I honestly haven't a clue, although the image of Sydney Greenstreet looming menacingly in The Maltese Falcon repeatedly came to mind, with a dash of Hogan's Heroes."{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/movies/cannes-2022-elvis-as-remixed-by-baz-luhrmann.html | title=Cannes 2022: 'Elvis,' as Remixed by Baz Luhrmann | newspaper=The New York Times | date=May 26, 2022 | last1=Dargis | first1=Manohla | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526192145/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/movies/cannes-2022-elvis-as-remixed-by-baz-luhrmann.html | url-status=live }}

In a review for IndieWire, David Ehrlich wrote that it "finds so little reason for Presley's life to be the stuff of a Baz Luhrmann movie that the equation ultimately inverts itself, leaving us with an Elvis Presley movie about Baz Luhrmann. They both deserve better." He also criticized Hanks's portrayal of Parker, calling it "a 'true true' performance defined by a fat suit, a fake nose, and an accent that I can only describe as the 'Kentucky Fried Goldmember'."{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/elvis-review-baz-luhrmann-1234728121/ | title='Elvis' Review: Baz Luhrmann's Deliriously Awful Biopic is 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at 4,000 M.P.H. | work=IndieWire | first=David | last=Ehrlich | date=May 25, 2022 | access-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185021/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/elvis-review-baz-luhrmann-1234728121/ | url-status=live }} On a historical note, journalist Alanna Nash, who had written an acclaimed biography of Parker in 2010, called the film a "Baz Luhrmann fever dream" that kept the liberties with history fair except to Parker, citing that Luhrmann's approach of presenting it through a present-day lens meant that the complicated character researched by Nash of Parker is simplified.{{cite news |date=June 25, 2022 |title='Elvis' Fact or Fiction: Colonel Tom Parker Biographer on What's Real and What's Not in Baz Luhrmann Biopic |newspaper=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-fact-or-fiction-film-colonel-tom-parker-presley-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235302026/ |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |access-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701114755/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-fact-or-fiction-film-colonel-tom-parker-presley-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235302026/ |url-status=live }}

Filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Max Hechtman both praised the film, with del Toro saying "Austin Butler and Baz showcase Elvis’ world shaking, transformative talent, his joy, his soul, his sadness — actor and director working in tandem to re-embrace and re-energize the power and danger that Elvis possessed."{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/lists/directors-best-films-2022-wes-anderson-guillermo-del-toro-white-noise-elvis/|title=20 Directors Praise 2022's Best Films: Guillermo del Toro on 'Elvis,' Wes Anderson on 'White Noise' and More|magazine=Variety|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=March 11, 2025}}{{Cite Instagram |author-link=Max Hechtman |user=maxhechtman |postid=Cm2NsJ9v5_R |date=December 31, 2022 |title=Happy New Year everyone! Can't wait to see what 2023 has in store for all of us. And as my last post of 2022, here's my list of the Top 10 Movies of the Year. What were your favorites? |access-date=March 11, 2025 |link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2NsJ9v5_R/ |website=www.instagram.com}}

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Prior to its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's daughter, praised the film in an Instagram post after seeing it twice, and she went on to give her thoughts on Butler's performance as her late father, stating that he "channeled and embodied my father's heart and soul beautifully. In my humble opinion, his performance is unprecedented and FINALLY done accurately and respectfully", while touting Butler as a frontrunner for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Regarding Luhrmann's directing, she wrote that:{{cquote|You can feel his pure love, care, and respect for my father throughout this beautiful film, and it is finally something that myself and my children and their children can be proud of forever ... your utter genius combined with your love and respect for my father and this project is just so beautiful and so inspiring. I know I'm being repetitive, but I don't care, Thank you for setting the record straight in such a deeply profound and artistic way.}} She added that watching the film reminded her of her own son, Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020, saying he would have loved it as well.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/16/entertainment/lisa-marie-presley-elvis/index.html|title=Lisa Marie Presley believes late son would have loved 'Elvis' movie|last=Respers France|first=Lisa|website=CNN|date=May 16, 2022|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518005115/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/16/entertainment/lisa-marie-presley-elvis/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjV23APIrq/|title=Elvis Movie reaction|date=May 14, 2022|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908090804/https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjV23APIrq/|url-status=live}}

On January 10, 2023, Lisa Marie appeared at the 80th Golden Globe Awards in support of Butler's win for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama; it was her last public appearance before her death two days later.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/awards/golden-globes/lisa-marie-presley-last-public-appearance-support-elvis/ |title=Lisa Marie Presley's last public appearance was in support of Elvis |first=Lauren |last=Huff |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 12, 2023 |access-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113032217/https://ew.com/awards/golden-globes/lisa-marie-presley-last-public-appearance-support-elvis/ |url-status=live }}

Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla, gave her thoughts on the film, saying in full: {{cquote|For those curious about the new film ELVIS, Baz Luhrmann, the director, provided a private screening for me and Jerry Schilling at Warner studios recently. This story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker's relationship. It is a true story told brilliantly and creatively that only Baz, in his unique artistic way, could have delivered. Austin Butler, who played Elvis is outstanding. Halfway through the film, Jerry and I looked at each other and said WOW!!! Bravo to him... he knew he had big shoes to fill. He was extremely nervous playing this part. I can only imagine. Tom Hanks was Col Parker in this film. What a character he was. There was two sides to Colonel, Jerry and I witnessed both. The story, as we all know, does not have a happy ending. But I think you will understand a little bit more of Elvis's journey, penned by a director who put his heart and soul and many hours into this film.{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/elvis-movie-baz-luhrmann-priscilla-presley-reaction-response/ | title=Elvis Presley's Ex-Wife Praises Baz Luhrmann Movie | website=Screen Rant | date=May 2, 2022 | access-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525012942/https://screenrant.com/elvis-movie-baz-luhrmann-priscilla-presley-reaction-response/ | url-status=live }}}} In an interview with Today on August 16, 2022, Priscilla defended parts of the film's portrayal of Elvis and Parker's tense relationship, stating, "I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn't want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things. So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories."{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/priscilla-presley-shares-elvis-scenes-toughest-watch-rcna43268|title=I lived it': Priscilla Presley shares the 'Elvis' scenes that were toughest to watch|first=Anna|last=Kaplan|publisher=Today|date=August 16, 2022|accessdate=August 28, 2022|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828022348/https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/priscilla-presley-shares-elvis-scenes-toughest-watch-rcna43268|url-status=live}}

On May 21, 2022, Presley's granddaughter, actress and filmmaker Riley Keough, shared her response after viewing the film at Cannes, saying in full: {{cquote|It was a very emotional experience. It's very intense to watch when it's your family. The first movie I ever watched in the theater and said I wanted to make movies was Moulin Rouge!, I was 12. It was a real honor to know Baz was doing this movie. Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, for the age I was at the time, were really powerful. It wasn't like I distrusted Baz in any way, but you're protective over your family. At the end of the day, we're not going to tell Baz Luhrmann how to make a movie. In the first five minutes, I could feel how much work Baz and Austin put into trying to get it right. That made me emotional immediately. I started crying five minutes in and didn't stop. There's a lot of family trauma and generational trauma that started around then for our family. I felt honored they worked so hard to really get his essence, to feel his essence. Austin captured that so beautifully.{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/elvis-baz-luhrmann-movie-riley-keough-family-reaction/ | title=Elvis' Granddaughter Reveals Reaction to Baz Luhrmann Movie | website=Screen Rant | date=May 21, 2022 | access-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525012942/https://screenrant.com/elvis-baz-luhrmann-movie-riley-keough-family-reaction/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/riley-keough-cried-watching-elvis-family-trauma-1235272917/ | title=Riley Keough Cried Watching Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' with Mom Lisa Marie and Grandma Priscilla Presley (EXCLUSIVE) | date=May 21, 2022 | access-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-date=May 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525012942/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/riley-keough-cried-watching-elvis-family-trauma-1235272917/ | url-status=live }}}}

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At the 95th Academy Awards, Elvis was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=March 12, 2023 |title=Oscars: Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-oscars-winners-list-1235349224/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313042718/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-oscars-winners-list-1235349224/ |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The film's other nominations include nine British Academy Film Awards (winning four),{{Cite web |last1=Yossman |first1=K.J. |last2=Ravindran |first2=Manori |date=February 19, 2023 |title=All Quiet on the Western Front Dominates BAFTA Awards With Record-Breaking Seven Wins |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/bafta-film-awards-2023-winners-1235528454/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219220613/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/bafta-film-awards-2023-winners-1235528454/ |archive-date=February 19, 2023 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=Variety}} seven Critics' Choice Movie Awards (winning one),{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=January 15, 2023 |title=Critics Choice Awards: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-2023-1235300137/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116052049/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-awards-winners-list-full-2023-1235300137/ |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one).{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Golden Globes: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-2023-winners-list-1235294541/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111023550/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-2023-winners-list-1235294541/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The American Film Institute named Elvis one of the top-ten films of 2022.{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=December 9, 2022 |title=AFI Best Film, TV Shows of 2022 Include Avatar Sequel, Women Talking, The Bear and Mo |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/afi-best-movies-tv-shows-2022-1235278829/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209182059/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/afi-best-movies-tv-shows-2022-1235278829/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Elvis was indeed influenced by blues and R&B, but the movie downplayed the crooner and country influences on his music.{{cite news |title='Elvis' Fact or Fiction: Colonel Tom Parker Biographer on What's Real and What's Not in Baz Luhrmann Biopic |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-fact-or-fiction-film-colonel-tom-parker-presley-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235302026/ |work=Variety |date=June 25, 2022}}{{cite news |title=How Accurate is the 'Elvis' Movie? |url=https://1883magazine.com/how-accurate-is-the-elvis-movie/ |work=1883 Magazine |date=April 25, 2022}}

• Elvis (1979 film), directed by John Carpenter
• Elvis (1990 TV series), created by Rick Husky
• Elvis (miniseries), 2005 mini-series directed by James Steven Sadwith
• Elvis & Nixon, 2016 film about Elvis's meeting with President Richard Nixon in December 1970, directed by Liza Johnson
• Elvis Presley: The Searcher, 2018 Documentary film, directed by Thom Zimny
• Priscilla (film), 2023 film about Priscilla Presley's relationship with Elvis, directed by Sofia Coppola
• List of films set in Las Vegas

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