In anticipation of the sales figures of the 'EPiC' soundtrack album, Elvis Presley found his way up on the charts. Official U.K. charts
The 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' continued its climb on the Official U.K. Album Top 100. It gained two spot, climbing to No. 79. On the Chart Update chart it did even better, and jumped up 12 spots to No. 67 this week.
On the U.K. Streaming Album Top 100 it climbed from No. 70 to No. 68.
The 'EPiC' soundtrack climbed to the top spot on Amazon's Best Sellers rank. It was the No. 1 in the CDs and Vinyl Top 100 chart, and No. on on the Genre sub-charts in the Pop, Film Music and Rock categories.
To be updated over the weekend: The 'The Complete Story' won back 17 places on the chart, and climbed from No. 38 to No. 21 this week.
U.S. Billboard charts
The 'The Essential Elvis Presley' album was replaced by the 'ELV1S 30 #1 Hits' compilation which re-entered the Top Country Albums chart at No. 41. Apparently Luminate assigned last week's sales to the 2002 compilation.
The 'EPiC' soundtrack album climbed to No. 3 on Amazon's CD and Vinyl Top 100, and to the No. 1 spot on the Soundtracks (CDs and Vinyl) and Rock (CDs and Vinyl) charts. The soundtrack is featured on Spotify and Apple Music charts around the world.
The 'EPiC' movie opened in 325 IMAX cinema's in the U.S. with an estimated US$3,3 million domestic opening.
(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / UK Mix Forum)