'Priscilla' smashes $5m mark with film set to become biggest-ever Mubi release

Just one week after it was released to the world, 'Priscilla' is set to smash records for distributor Mubi after recording $5 million at the international box office.

The biopic stars Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley and Cailee Spaeny as The King's bride Priscilla, who was a teenager when she married Presley.

And it seems Sofia Coppola's film is already seen as a masterpiece, with cinemagoers flocking to their local screens to catch a screening of the film.

Produced by Fremantle's The Apartment, the film currently has posted returns in excess of $20 million in the U.S. box office, where A24 released the film on October 27.

Now, with 1,300 cinemas in the UK, , Austria, Benelux and even South American showing 'Priscilla', it is proving to be a smash hit on a global scale after raking in $4.1m on its opening weekend.

Mubi claim it is their biggest theatrical launch ever and it looks set to overtake the indie film 'Aftersun' by Charlotte Wells, which remains its biggest-grossing film.

Variety reported that the total box office figure has now sured $5m after expanding its reach to 260 cinemas on New Year's Day - and the film has reached $2m, the highest opener for a Coppola film.

How is 'Priscilla' doing compared to other films?

With over $25m grossed so far, "Priscilla" will soon likely become Coppola's third largest commercial success to date, and her biggest in almost two decades. She also had a part in the making of 'Lost in Translation', which made $117m, and 'Marie Antoinette', which finished on $60m.

It is fair to say that 'Priscilla' is already making waves ahead of the awards season, having secured a nomination at the Golden Globes for Spaeny's reprisal of Priscilla. After losing out to Lily Gladstone, she could still win a Gotham Award, while Elordi's victory in the BAFTA Rising Star stakes has put him on the radar in Holywood.

"After the great results in the U.S., it makes me really happy and proud to see that Sofia and this movie are receiving all this attention and love around the world," Lorenzo Mieli, CEO of The Apartment told Variety in a statement.

"And a lot of this comes from the wonderful job Mubi and The Match Factory have done and are doing. The care and enthusiasm they have put into the distribution and release of the movie has been unparalleled."