 with men were 23 years old when their mothers passed away. Austin felt that shared pain with Elvis and used his grief in his performance. Out of all of the outfits he's worn in the film, Austin Butler kept the black leather comeback outfit. Butler stated, that was a big one for me. It was a monumental time, so I took one of those. RCA purchased Elvis Presley's contract from Sam Phillips and Sun Studio for $35,000, which, at the time, made it the largest amount ever paid by a record label for a contract. Even Elvis, Phillips and Sun were always on the brink of debt because Phillips didn't have the means necessary to cut records at a constant pace as a larger record company. The $35,000 was a financial windfall that kept Sun in business for years and helped Phillips launch other notable Sun stars like Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others. Today, like Graceland, Sun Studio remains open in Memphis, and is seen as a national landmark.