A $44 million superhero horror film won the box office this weekend. A $7 million documentary came within $5 million of beating it
Source: Fortune ·
DC Studios’ R-rated ‘Clayface’ opened at No. 1, Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ debuted in third, and Paramount’s ‘Street Fighter’ lost nearly three-quarters of its audience, while A24’s ‘You Can See Everything’ grew 25% in its second weekend.
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DC Studios’ Clayface took the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend with an estimated $24.5 million. The more surprising result was right behind it. A24’s You Can See Everything grew its weekend gross 25% in its second frame to $19.5 million. It finished No. 2 for the second weekend in a row and lifted its domestic total to $45.1 million. Second weekends almost always fall. A nearly three-hour documentary going up instead is rarer still. A24 released the Nathan Fielder- and Lance Oppenheim-directed documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in just 855 theaters last weekend. It grossed $15.6 million in its opening weekend and averaged $18,245 per theater. That beat new narrative releases including 20th Century Studios’ Whalefall and Focus Features’ Sense and Sensibility (NBC News). It ranked second behind Paramount’s Street Fighter, which opened to about $31 million from 3,575 theaters. ‘Street Fighter’ takes a 72% hit For its second weekend, A24 expanded You Can…