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'You Can See Everything' takes No 1 on a quiet Halloween weekend at the box office

The A24 documentary edged past DC's Clayface by about $200,000 in its third weekend, as overall ticket sales fell to one of the lowest levels of the year.

By Newsheir Staff, Newsroom

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In this article
  1. The top five
  2. A sleepy weekend overall
  3. A documentary phenomenon
  4. What's next

A documentary is the most-watched film in North America. A24's You Can See Everything took first place at the box office over the Halloween weekend with an estimated $10.6m, according to Deadline, narrowly ahead of Warner Bros and DC's Clayface on $10.4m.

The gap between them was only about $200,000, so Monday's final figures could still change the order. It is the first time the film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has reached No 1, in its third weekend of release.

The top five

  1. You Can See Everything (A24): $10.6m
  2. Clayface (Warner Bros/DC): $10.4m. Its best single day was Halloween itself, with $4.2m.
  3. Wildwood (Laika): $7.5m, for a running total of $25.9m
  4. Wicker: $4.1m
  5. Street Fighter: $3.2m

All of the top five were holdovers. Studios avoided opening major films over the weekend, as Halloween fell on a Saturday, when many people go to parties rather than cinemas.

A sleepy weekend overall

Total ticket sales were estimated at $62.2m, down 38 percent from the previous weekend and the third-lowest weekend of the year, according to Deadline. Comparisons with last year vary by source; Gold Derby noted that last year's Halloween weekend was the lowest in more than 30 years.

A documentary phenomenon

The bigger story is the staying power of You Can See Everything. The film, which runs about three hours, has already climbed into the top 10 highest-grossing documentaries of all time in North America, after opening in limited release and expanding steadily on strong word of mouth.

Documentaries rarely top the box office. The most famous previous example is Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, which opened at No 1 in 2004. Fielder, known for the television series Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, has a loyal following, and the film's success suggests audiences will turn out for distinctive, event-style non-fiction.

What's next

The holiday season starts in earnest in the coming weeks, with bigger studio releases arriving through November. The question is how long You Can See Everything can keep pulling audiences once it faces tougher competition.

Sources and references

  1. 1.Box Office: 'You Can See Everything' & 'Clayface' In Staring Contest — Deadline
  2. 2.'You Can See Everything' and 'Clayface' rematch for No. 1 over a spooky-slow Halloween weekend — Gold Derby
  3. 3.Box Office: 'You Can See Everything,' 'Clayface' lead sleepy Halloween weekend — Associated Press via News4JAX

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