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 'From Elvis in Nashville' set returned to the Country Compilation chart at No. 17.
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.
The 'The Complete Story' lost five places and dropped to No. 26 while 'The King of Rock and Roll' DVD re-entered the chart at No. 40 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' movie opened in 325 IMAX cinema's in the U.S. with an estimated US$3,3 million domestic opening.
Other countries that screened the film also grossed over US$2 million. The film will be released in more various countries next week or later.
(Source: Billboard / Official Chart Company / UK Mix Forum)