North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend, including a video game reboot, a big-budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation.
\n\nWhile Paramount’s “Street Fighter” took the first-place spot, earning $31 million from 3,575 theaters according to studio estimates on Sunday, most of the attention and cultural discourse was elsewhere: on the nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You Can See Everything.”
\n\nBuzz and box office don’t always line up, but “You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. It also had the biggest opening for a film playing on under 1,000 screens since “Borat” opened to $26.5 million in 2006, and the biggest nonmusic documentary opening in two decades, since “Fahrenheit 9/11” made nearly $24 million from 868 theaters. Those numbers do not account for inflation.
\n\nLike other hits this year, like the Gen Z-driven “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” ticket sales for “You Can See Everything” were driven by a largely younger audience. Over 70% of the opening weekend crowd was under 35.
\n\nThe film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was made in secret over three years. Fielder spent…
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