‘EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert’ Arrives On Paramount+ This Week After $23 Million Box Office Run

BusinessHollywood & Entertainment‘EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert’ Arrives On Paramount+ This Week After $23 Million Box Office RunByTim Lammers, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorJun 01, 2026, 05:53pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Key art for "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert."© 2025 Sony Music Entertainment. All Rights Reserved / Courtesy of Paramount+Director Baz Luhrmann’s acclaimed music documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is coming to streaming video on demand on Paramount+ this week after completing a successful run in theaters worldwide. EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert opened in theaters on Feb. 20 in a one-week IMAX engagement before premiering in theaters nationwide on Feb. 27. The film pivoted to digital streaming via premium video on demand on April 7. Luhrman told Hollywood Authentic that he and his team unearthed much of the footage for the film — which consisted of unused 16 mm footage from The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Elvis: That’s the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour concert films — from storage in the salt mines of Kansas. Forbes‘Backrooms 2’: Kane Parsons Has Great News About Film Future And Return To YouTubeBy Tim LammersThe excavation yielded 69 boxes containing 59 hours of footage from the salt mines, which were used to prevent water from damaging the film negatives, the director told Hollywood Authentic. Other footage used for the concert documentary was culled from 8 mm film from the late Presley’s Graceland archives. Paramount Pictures announced Monday that EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert will begin streaming on SVOD on Paramount+ on Wednesday, June 3. For viewers who don’t subscribe to the streamer, it offers an ad-based Paramount+ Essential plan that costs $8.99 per month and an ad-free Paramount+ Premium plan for $13.99 per month. MORE FOR YOUForbes‘Backrooms’ Streaming: Why Film’s Big Box Office Will Likely Change A24’s PVOD StrategyBy Tim Lammers“We found such a unique treasure trove of material and worked with Peter Jackson and the amazing team at Park Road Post Production to elevate the footage to levels never seen before,” Luhrmann said in the Paramount+ press release. “The aim was to reveal Elvis in his prime, as if you were actually there. Jonathan Redmond and I set out to make something that was more than a documentary and more than a concert film and what we found along the way was simply EPiC.” ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert’ Won Over Both Audiences And CriticsEPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert ended its domestic theatrical run on April 9 with $13.5 million in domestic ticket sales. Combined with the film’s international take of nearly $9.9 million, Baz Luhrmann’s film earned a total of $23.4 million at the worldwide box office. ForbesKelly Curtis, Actress And Sister Of Jamie Lee Curtis, Dies At 69By Tim LammersThe film, which runs 1 hour and 36 minutes, had a production budget of $10 million to $11 million, according to Forbes Australia. In addition to EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert being a hit in theaters, it also won over Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film a stellar 97% “fresh” score on the site’s Tomatometer based on 115 reviews. Additionally, the film earned a 98% “fresh” score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings. Oddly enough, while the visual footage was obviously key to bringing EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert to life as a feature film, it was a 45-minute audio recording of The King that gave Luhrman the opportunity to let Presley — who died on Aug. 16, 1977, at age 42 — tell his story in the documentary. ForbesCavill And Gyllenhaal’s ‘In The Grey’ Arrives On Streaming This Week After Dreary Box Office TakeBy Tim Lammers“One of the great finds has been unheard recordings of Elvis talking about his life and his music: from the 1970 Vegas show, on tour in 1972 and even precious moments of the 1957 ‘gold jacket’ performance in Hawaii,” Luhrman told the crowd at a Melbourne screening of the film in February (via Forbes Australia). “I knew that we could not pass up this opportunity. It was these discoveries that gave the inspiration for the new film.” EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert arrives on Paramount+ on Wednesday. Forbes‘Mandalorian And Grogu’ Suffers 69% Dive At Weekend 2 Box OfficeBy Tim LammersEditorial StandardsReprints & PermissionsLOADING VIDEO PLAYER...FORBES’ FEATURED Video