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Release

Love Me Tender premiered on November 15, 1956, at the Paramount Theatre in New York City, and was released nationally on November 21.

Though studios typically released were only 200-300 prints, 20th Century Fox released a record-breaking 575 prints. On November 20 Presley attended a private screening at Loew’s State Theater in Memphis, during which his mother, Gladys, cried over the death of her son’s character. Presley responded by insisting that his characters never die on screen again.

Box Office

The film grossed $540,000 in its first week of release, claiming the No. 2 at the box office and earning back the money it cost the studio to produce it. James Dean’s posthumous release of Giant held the No. 1 spot. Within weeks it had recouped the costs of the negatives and, despite being released in November, was the 23rd highest-grossing film of the year.

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