North American cinemas were packed with new releases, but You Can See Everything became the weekend’s standout story. While Paramount’s Street Fighter claimed the top spot with an estimated $31 million from 3,575 locations, much of the conversation centered on the nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary.
According to its distributor, A24, You Can See Everything earned an impressive $15 million from only 855 screens, with more than 2,000 sellouts. It marked the strongest opening for a title on fewer than 1,000 screens since Borat debuted to $26.5 million in 2006, and the biggest opening for a nonmusic documentary in about 20 years, trailing only Fahrenheit 9/11’s nearly $24 million from 868 theaters. Figures are not adjusted for inflation.
As with other recent breakouts like Backrooms and Obsession, younger moviegoers powered demand. Over 70% of the opening audience for You Can See Everything was under 35.
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the film was shot in secret over three years. Fielder spent more than a month with the disgraced Theranos founder and her family, including her two children and partner Billy Evans, in the final days before she reported to federal prison. Reviews have been exceptionally strong, with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 99 on Metacritic. PostTrak exit polling reported a 91% “definite recommend.”
You Can See Everything was made for under $7 million and had marketing costs under $10 million, according to reports.
“Everybody underestimated the movie, because on paper this is like, wait, a three-hour documentary?” said Paul Dergarabedian, a marketplace trends analyst for Rentrak. “But he (Fielder) 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.”
You Can See Everything powers a crowded weekend
Street Fighter led the global box office with $51 million, including $20 million overseas. The film, starring Callina Liang, Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, reportedly cost $82 million to produce, excluding marketing, and drew a 69% male audience.
Competition may have weighed on Whalefall, which opened to $8 million from 3,065 North American locations. Despite stronger reviews than Street Fighter, the $60 million survival thriller, starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, started with a $17.5 million global launch including $9.5 million from international markets.
It placed fourth domestically, behind the Jessica Chastain horror title Other Mommy, which added $8.4 million in its second weekend for a $44.9 million domestic total.
Fifth place went to Sense and Sensibility with an estimated $7.3 million from 2,545 theaters. The well-reviewed Jane Austen adaptation, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, drew a predominantly younger audience, with 58% between 14 and 18 and 84% female. It earned the weekend’s best CinemaScore at A-.
Warner Bros.’ specialty label Clockwork launched with a restored release of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils in 350 locations, grossing $1.6 million.
Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary Musk expanded to 472 screens in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $306,702. Distributor Bleecker Street said the nearly four-hour film has faced advertising hurdles on major social platforms, including X, owned by Musk, and TikTok, which it said permanently suspended the film’s ad account this weekend.
Netflix, which rarely reports box office for its theatrical runs, disclosed ticket sales for the Spanish epic La Bola Negra. It made $277,500 from four locations and is being positioned as a potential best picture contender.
The film will play exclusively in theaters for 47 days before debuting on Netflix.
Rentrak estimated weekend ticket sales at $101.6 million, up 45% from the same frame last year. Year-to-date domestic grosses stand at $8.2 billion, nearly 20% ahead of 2025.
Weekend box office top 10
- Street Fighter, $31 million
- You Can See Everything, $15 million
- Other Mommy, $8.4 million
- Whalefall, $8 million
- Sense and Sensibility, $7.3 million
- Verity, $6.2 million
- Resident Evil, $5.5 million
- Heart of the Beast, $4.8 million
- Jailer 2, $3.2 million
- Forgotten Island, $2.3 million
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