'ROCKETMAN' BUILDS ON NEW MUSIC BIOPIC

Elton John's story on the big screen

With hit tunes, a plot about one of the world's best known performers and flamboyant costumes, “Rocketman” brings Elton John's story to the big screen, the latest musical biopic offering a concertlike experience at the cinema. “Kingsman” actor Taron Egerton stars as the “Your Song” and “Tiny Dancer” hitmaker, belting out John's songs as he revisits the singer's road to success as well as his personal struggles.

The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival with John present, has drawn comparisons to last year's “Bohemian Rhapsody” about rockers Queen's stratospheric rise to fame.

That movie, which received mixed reviews, won a best actor Oscar for Rami Malek and grossed $903 million worldwide - a sign of audiences' appetite for seeing their icons' story and music on the silver screen.