North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend , including a video game reboot, a big budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation.
Warner Bros. It’s the first release from the studio’s specialty label.
Clockwork also released a restored presentation of Ken Russell’s 1971 film “The Devils” in 350 locations, where it made $1.6 million.
The reviews have been extremely positive, with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and 99 on Metacritic. The movie starring Callina Liang, Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji cost a reported $82 million to make, not accounting for marketing and promotion. Audiences were 69% male. It will be in theaters for 47 days before it will be available to watch on Netflix.
The streamer has not historically reported box office for its theatrical releases, but this film is breaking new ground as it’s being positioned as a possible best picture contender . Those numbers do not account for inflation. The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim , was made in secret over three years. Fielder spent over a month with the disgraced Theranos founder and her family, including two young children and partner Billy Evans, in her final days before reporting to federal prison. “But he is a huge draw, and he has a huge following on social media, and then Elizabeth Holmes is just a character that you couldn’t even make up. It’s stranger than fiction, and that’s really compelling.
Buzz and box office don’t always line up, but “You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. It also had the biggest opening for a film playing on under 1,000 screens since “Borat” opened to $26.5 million in 2006, and the biggest nonmusic documentary opening in two decades, since “Fahrenheit 9/11” made nearly $24 million from 868 theaters. It also got an unprecedented 91% “definite recommend” from audiences, according to PostTrak exit polls. “Everybody underestimated the movie, because on paper this is like, wait, a three-hour documentary?” said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Rentrak. “Street Fighter” topped the charts as expected with a $51 million global opening, including $20 million from international showings. Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary “Musk” also expanded to 472 screens in the U.S. and Canada, where it made $306,702. The film, which runs nearly four hours, has faced issues advertising on major social media platforms including X, which Musk owns, and TikTok, according to distributor Bleecker Street, which said TikTok this weekend permanently suspended the film’s ad account. Netflix also shared ticket sales for the first time for the queer Spanish epic “La Bola Negra,” which made $277,500 from four locations this weekend.
