It’s chart time folks and this week the superb movie from Baz Luhrmann, Elvis, the 2022 biopic about Elvis Presley makes a showstopping Number 1 debut on the Official Film Chart.
Documenting the highs and lows of Elvis’s (Austin Butler) life, from childhood, to his unprecedented stardom as he became the King of Rock’n’Roll – framed through his complicated relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) – Elvis enters at Number 1 to oust Top Gun: Maverick (2) from its four-week stint at the top.
Meanwhile, there’s a big return to the Official Film Chart from 1987 era-defining black comedy/horror The Lost Boys (4) which earns a brand-new peak and its first entrance into the Top 10 thanks to a 35th Anniversary Steelbook release.
Three more brand new entries are up next, with Chris Hemsworth making an appearance in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder, which enters at Number 6 on digital downloads only. Not far behind is Ethan Hawke-starring horror The Black Phone at 7.
Our final new entry in the Top 10 comes from 1982 horror Poltergeist, which also received a 4K Steelbook release this week as part of its 40th anniversary.
Rounding off this week’s Top 10 are fan favourites and former Number 1s, The Batman (9) and Sing 2 (10).
The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 28th September 2022
| LW | Pos | Title | Label |
| NEW | 1 | ELVIS | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 1 | 2 | TOP GUN – MAVERICK | PARAMOUNT |
| 2 | 3 | JURASSIC WORLD – DOMINION | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| RE | 4 | THE LOST BOYS | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 3 | 5 | DOWNTON ABBEY – A NEW ERA | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| NEW | 6 | THOR – LOVE AND THUNDER | MARVEL FILMS |
| NEW | 7 | THE BLACK PHONE | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| NEW | 8 | POLTERGEIST | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 4 | 9 | THE BATMAN | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 6 | 10 | SING 2 | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
© Official Charts Company 2022
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Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
