{"id":648039,"date":"2026-11-01T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648039\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:14:10","slug":"you-can-see-everything-battles-clayface-for-no-1-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648039\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can See Everything Battles Clayface for No. 1 at Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA24\u2019s Elizabeth Holmes documentary \u201cYou Can See Everything<\/a>\u201d and DC\u2019s comic book adaptation \u201cClayface<\/a>\u201d are vying for first place at the domestic box office, with each film on track to collect around $10.5 million over the weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\tAlthough it\u2019ll be a close call, \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d has the slight edge with $10.6 million while expanding to 3,242 venues in its third frame while \u201cClayface\u201d looks just behind with $10.4 million from 3,478 theaters in its sophomore outing, according to respective studio estimates. (The final results will be tallied on Monday.) \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d is already a box office winner, but it would be quite a feat for the non-fiction film to ascend to No. 1 in its third weekend in theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s a rare achievement for any film, let alone a documentary running more than three hours,\u201d says Rentrak\u2019s head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian.<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall, it was another painfully slow Halloween for cinema owners without any new releases, as well as the misfortune of the holiday landing on Saturday. When Halloween coincides with the weekend, families prefer to go trick-or-treating rather than visit their local multiplex. Revenues between Friday and Sunday amounted to roughly $60 million, marking one of the slowest weekends of the year, according to Rentrak. However, it\u2019s an improvement from 2025\u2019s Halloween weekend, which resulted in $49 million across all films, led by Colleen Hoover adaptation \u201cRegretting You\u201d and \u201cBlack Phone 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith costume parties, trick-or-treating and countless other Halloween activities, theaters were facing some pretty stiff competition for people\u2019s time and attention,\u201d Dergarabedian says.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d has been the fall season\u2019s breakout hit with $63.88 million domestically to date. It has yet to be released at the international box office. With euphoric word-of-mouth and repeat viewings from audiences who are trying to process the stranger-than-fiction film, \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d is expected to leave theaters as one of the biggest documentaries in decades. And it will be very profitable for A24, which produced the nearly three-hour movie for $7 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cClayface,\u201d an R-rated origin story about the Batman villain, has generated $44.1 million in North America and $83 million globally. It\u2019s shaping up to be a modest win for DC, having cost just $44 million to produce. That\u2019s a much leaner price tag than DC\u2019s other recent tentpoles, such as last year\u2019s $225 million-budgeted \u201cSuperman\u201d and July\u2019s $175 million-budgeted \u201cSupergirl.\u201d The studio spent less on \u201cClayface\u201d because the story is much darker than those family-friendly adventures, and because the character isn\u2019t as well known compared to some of the company\u2019s A-list superheroes. DC\u2019s next big-screen endeavors will feature marquee names with next summer\u2019s \u201cSuperman: Man of Tomorrow\u201d and 2028\u2019s \u201cThe Batman: Part II,\u201d led by Robert Pattinson.<\/p>\n

\n\tLaika\u2019s stop-motion animated fantasy \u201cWildwood\u201d remained at No. 3 with $7.5 million in its sophomore outing, a 39% drop. So far, the well-reviewed film has earned $25 million domestically and $35 million globally. Since \u201cWildwood\u201d has a huge $100 million production budget (stop-motion animation is labor-intensive and can take several years to produce), the movie likely won\u2019t turn a profit in its theatrical run.<\/p>\n

\n\tFourth place went to Black Bear\u2019s offbeat romantic comedy \u201cWicker\u201d with $4.1 million from 2,374 venues in its second weekend, a decline of just 28% from its debut. The film has earned $13.2 million domestically to date, a solid tally considering the low-budget project was acquired by Black Bear after Sundance for $2.5 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s video game reboot \u201cStreet Fighter\u201d rounded out the top five with $3.2 million in its third frame, another harsh 63% drop. The movie has grossed $53 million in North America and $91.9 million worldwide. Although \u201cStreet Fighter\u201d is nearing the $100 million mark, it\u2019s not close to breaking even or getting into the black. Legendary and video game developer Capcom co-financed \u201cStreet Fighter\u201d for $82 million, and theater owners keep around half of ticket sales.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Sony didn\u2019t report grosses for the Jenna Ortega-led literary adaptation \u201cKlara and the Sun\u201d in what would have been the film\u2019s second weekend of release. The film collapsed in its opening with $720,000 from 880 locations. The studio scaled back the theatrical footprint after critics derided the movie as \u201ccalamitous<\/a>\u201d and \u201cconfoundingly awful<\/a>.\u201d Director Taika Waititi claimed he doesn\u2019t read reviews but, in a recent social media post, he referred to critics of his work<\/a> as \u201csad lost souls who couldn\u2019t achieve their dreams of becoming artists.\u201d The movie cost $20 million to make and will wind up in the red for Sony. It\u2019s the studio\u2019s second consecutive misfire after Aaron Sorkin\u2019s \u201cThe Social Reckoning,\u201d which left theaters with a paltry $9 million in North America and $17 million globally against a $30 million budget. Luckily, the studio\u2019s losses on those films will be cushioned by two major winners, \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d (the third-biggest movie ever with $2.5 billion) and Zach Cregger\u2019s \u201cResident Evil\u201d reboot ($400 million).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn limited release, Sony Pictures Classics\u2019s crime thriller \u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d cracked the top 10 with $1.7 million from 1,112 theaters. It has earned $2.1 million after one weekend in limited release. John Turturro stars in the awards hopeful, which revolves around a pickpocket master who struggles to keep up with the changing times \u2014 phones are trackable, wallets rarely have cash and guns are hiding in plain sight.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, Netflix\u2019s Oscar contender \u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d added $418,000 from 38 theaters. So far, the generation-spanning queer drama has earned $1.2 million as the streamer rolls out the film at a glacial pace. Also this weekend, Netflix released Peter Berg\u2019s war drama \u201cThe Mosquito Bowl,\u201d which brought back $455,000 from 349 locations \u2014 a much wider footprint than \u201cLa Bola Negra.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A24\u2019s Elizabeth Holmes documentary \u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d and DC\u2019s comic book adaptation \u201cClayface\u201d are vying for first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4792,156,409,111,139,69,293141],"class_list":["post-648039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-clayface","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-you-can-see-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}