EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Baz Luhrmann's EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is a 2025 documentary film about Elvis Presley directed by Baz Luhrmann. It is a follow-up to Luhrmann's 2022 biopic Elvis. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

The film had its first advance US screenings at Graceland on January 8, 2026, which would have been Presley's 91st birthday. It was then released exclusively in IMAX cinemas beginning on February 20, 2026. Subsequently, it was then released on conventional cinema screens one week later on February 27, 2026.

Production

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann originally sought out unseen footage of Elvis Presley from Elvis: That's the Way It Is and Elvis on Tour with the intent of using it in his 2022 Elvis film. Sixty-eight boxes of both 35mm and 8mm footage were found in the Warner Bros. film archives within salt mines in Kansas, including outtakes from both films, plus the "gold jacket" performance from Hawaii in 1957. This footage, however, came without sound. Over the next two years, it was restored and synced to existing audio sources by Luhrmann's team. A 45-minute audio recording was also uncovered of Presley talking about his life story. All this material forms the basis of EPiC. Luhrmann has described the project as neither fully a documentary nor a concert film, but "something new in the Elvis canon... that befits the magnitude of Elvis as a performer but also offers deeper revelations of his humanity and inner life."

Various images and short clips from the editing process had been shared by Luhrmann on his Instagram account throughout 2025, including one of the "gold jacket" performance. On May 30, Luhrmann shared footage from EPiC at a Sony Music Vision showcase. On August 14, Luhrmann shared a previously unseen restored clip of Presley singing "Oh Happy Day" and announced that the film would premiere on September 6, 2025, at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Reception

Box office

As of March 30, 2026, the film has earned $13.4 million at the domestic box office and $9.9 million at the international box office, for a worldwide total of $23.3 million.

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 115 reviews are positive. The consensus reads, "Resurrecting Elvis Presley at the peak of his showmanship, Baz Luhrmann's truly epic concert documentary restores some joy into The King's legacy, thank you very much." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

Owen Gleiberman in Variety called the film "one of the most exciting concert films you've ever seen ... Elvis in the raw, driven by the awareness that it doesn't get any better than that." Radheyan Simonpillai in The Guardian praised the concert sequences but criticised Luhrmann's "refusal ... to meaningfully hold Elvis to account". Steve Pond wrote in The Wrap that EPiC combines both "offstage and onstage Elvis" into an "Elvispalooza (that) is fit for a king".

Accolades

<table><thead><tr><th>Award</th><th>Date of ceremony</th><th>Category</th><th>Recipient(s)</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Toronto International Film Festival</td><td>September 14, 2025</td><td>People's Choice Award for Documentaries</td><td>EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert</td><td>Runner-up</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Soundtrack

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

A soundtrack to EPiC was released on CD, streaming services and as a digital download on February 20, 2026; the same day the film was released on IMAX. It features new mixes and remixes of Presley's performances featured in the film. It reached the top of the UK's Official Album Soundtrack Chart the week of March 3, 2026. That same week, it also reached No. 6 on Billboard's Soundtrack Chart in the US. The song "Burning Love", one of whose versions appears in the film, reentered the UK Official Singles Downloads and Official Singles Sales charts on the week of March 17, 2026. The soundtrack will be released on vinyl on April 24, 2026.