New Elizabeth Holmes documentary scores thousands of sellout showings on its opening weekend
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 . While 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…
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" topped the box office charts with a $15 million opening weekend, despite playing on just 855 screens. This marked the biggest opening for a film on under 1,000 screens since "Borat" in 2006 and the largest non-musical documentary opening in two decades. Over 70% of the audience was under 35, and the film received near-universal praise, with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
Directed by Nathan Fielder, the three-year secret project focused on the disgraced Theranos founder and her family during her final days before serving federal prison time. "Street Fighter" also opened strongly with a $31 million weekend, followed by "Whalefall" in fourth place, "Sense and Sensibility" in fifth, and "Musk" with a $306,702 weekend at 472 theaters.
Netflix's quee Spanish epic "La Bola Negra" saw boxed office debut, with $277,500 from four locations.
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