“You Can See Everything” has generated a massive $15 million over its opening weekend.
Among its opening weekend bona fides, Director Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s much-hyped look at Elizabeth Holmes secured the largest debut for any film playing on under 1,000 screens since 2006’s “Borat,” which ignited to $26 million from 837 theaters (not adjusted for inflation). And it’s the biggest opening for a documentary in over 20 years, since 2004’s seminal “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which premiered to $24 million from 868 theaters (not adjusted for inflation).
Ticket sales for “You Can See Everything” are notable, not just for a documentary, but any arthouse release these days. By comparison, A24’s box office winner “The Drama,” anchored by two of Hollywood’s biggest stars in Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, opened earlier this year to $14.3 million from 3,087 theaters.
Director Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s much-hyped look at Elizabeth Holmes has generated a massive $15 million from just 855 theaters. Those ticket sales were enough for second place behind another newcomer, Paramount’s video game adaptation “Street Fighter,” which opened to $30 million from 3,575 venues. Heading into the weekend, “You Can See Everything” was aiming for $7 million to $8 million, which would have been remarkable for a documentary, especially one that doesn’t involve music or capture a wildly popular concert. Not to mention, this one runs at nearly three hours and wasn’t on anyone’s radar until two months ago.
Elsewhere at the box office, “Street Fighter” collected another $20.1 million overseas for a decent global start of $51.1 million. Critics and audiences were lukewarm on the video game reboot, which landed a “B-” grade on CinemaScore exit polls and a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, “Street Fighter” follows two estranged fighters who are recruited to enter a tournament that forces them to face off against each other.
Source: Variety