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Some box office projections have 'You Can See Everything' outgrossing 'Clayface'
A three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes might beat a DC superhero movie at the box office this weekend. Box office projections for the weekend have You Can See Everything, in its second weekend, outgrossing Clayface in its debut weekend.
A24’s You Can See Everything opened to about $15.8 million from 855 theaters last weekend, making it the biggest documentary opening since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004 if you don’t count concert films.
You Can See Everything could challenge DC’s Clayface for No. 1 at the box office this weekend
The film, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, expands to about 2,600 theaters this weekend, leading to box office projections of at least $18 million in its second weekend.
You Can See Everything already outpaced an IP tentpole project at the box office, averaging about $17,543 per theater, more than double Street Fighter’s $8,671.
Clayface, meanwhile, is DC Studios’ R-rated body-horror origin story for the Batman villain Matt Hagen, directed by James Watkins from a Mike Flanagan script. Flanagan stepped away from the project after originally being attached to direct.
Variety has Clayface making $25 million to $35 million in its, while Boxoffice Pro has it at $25 million to $30 million. One tracker following a single theater chain projects $18 million to $20 million, and Box Office Theory’s forecast is lower still, at $15 million to $23 million, per Comic Basics. R
According to TheWrap, though, You Can See Everything “could swipe the No. 1 spot” if Clayface falters.
A24 plans to submit the film in 11 categories at next year’s Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Documentary Feature, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound and Best Original Score.
If it were nominated for Best Picture, it would be the first documentary in the history of the Academy Awards to be nominated in that category. Amanda Seyfried earning an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actress would mark a first, too.