r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • 8h ago
Domestic A24's You Can See Everything grossed an estimated $5.54M domestically on Friday (from 855 locations), including previews.
https://bsky.app/profile/boxofficereport.bsky.social/post/3my3acm2ojs2l76
101
u/Dry-Performance7006 8h ago
BOT overestimated it by $300K each time so far. I think that is a sign that there are capacity issues. May keep the overall total down. I think it will be around $13M for the weekend
68
u/Hookey911 8h ago
That seems crazy good for a film that only in 855 theaters
34
u/PhAnToM444 A24 8h ago
I was poking around different AMCs around the country because I was really curious how this would do, and opening night most showtimes were either sold out or near sold out at every theater I could find.
I was also surprised how many 10+ screen theaters didn’t have it. I imagine this thing is going to pick up more screens as word of mouth continues to spread.
14
u/RoundBirthday 7h ago
saw it last night in a full theater. Really great film. One of those ones where you hear everyone coming out of it sharing their thoughts on what it all meant. You have to talk about it.
3
u/outer--monologue 3h ago
A24 would be lunatics if they didn't go wider on this, and soon. Leaving insane amounts of money on the table.
21
u/str8rippinfartz 7h ago
Every person I know who's seen it has raved about it
9
u/PhAnToM444 A24 7h ago
Add me to that list. It was fantastic.
The theater reactions were big throughout the movie too. Everyone there was fully locked in and immersed in the very strange world of the film.
2
u/AFewGreatLiars 5h ago
In the Nashville area and my theatre was just about totally full. I was surprised.
1
u/the_glutton 7h ago
I’m in a suburban to rural area about 30 miles north of Dayton, Ohio- the closest theater playing it is on the south side of Dayton, the next closest theater is all the way in Cincinnati. I pass 2 Cinemarks to get to the one on the south side of Dayton, one of which has like 24 screens and it’s not playing it. I’m hoping next weekend it will be.
2
u/optiplex9000 7h ago
I went to go see it last night. I live in Chicago and it was hard to find a theater that had available seats last night
I ended up having to sit in the 2nd row, the theater was absolutely packed
3
6
u/Straight_Bed2763 8h ago
It might be that there's such a limited audience for this in the grand scheme. Its very targeted towards a very specific type of online letterboxd user.
The niche already-fans will be there immediately, but how many are there...
42
u/ArsenalBOS TriStar Pictures 8h ago
Saw it last night in a sold out, 300 seat theater in the suburbs. This is definitely beyond the Letterboxd crowd.
13
u/Sad-Employ-6590 7h ago
Not only that but its hilarious to say a film is "targeted" to the letterboxd user.
6
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 5h ago
It's a stupid phrase but I think it just means - moviegoer who will movies other than the biggest IP and blockbuster
12
u/captainhaddock Lucasfilm 8h ago
I'm already seeing multiple reviews appearing on my YouTube home page (which is not focused on movies in general) praising it as the best film of the year. Word of mouth is going to pique a lot of interest among regular moviegoers.
9
1
u/Butters5768 2h ago
I gotta say I thought the same thing, but anecdotally the theatre I saw it at (Friday matinee) had a whole range of ages that surprised me from 20s to people in their late 60s or possibly even early 70s!
1
u/theantidrug 2h ago
Or anyone who’s watched any of the excellent multiple TV series that Nathan has made over the past decade. Some of us don’t even use Letterboxd.
186
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
I still have doubts that this will actually win Best Picture (I will believe it if I see it happening). Documentary films have a HUGE uphill battle in Best Picture category - and even more so than animated films do.
Also, before anyone says that this film has a critical reception that has not been seen in years, Parasite wasn't exactly that long ago.
84
u/MrBrightside618 8h ago
In terms of BP prospects, I think the nomination is the win for YCSE. If it gets noms for Editing, Director, in addition to BP, then we can talk about it seriously making a push
→ More replies (1)33
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
I still have doubts that it will actually win Best Picture when The Odyssey is right there.
23
u/supernerdlove 8h ago
Yeah, I think it’s a longshot, but could you imagine going back to the beginning of the year and telling someone that actually the Odyssey is not gonna win best picture but a Nathan Felder documentary is.
4
u/Block-Busted 8h ago edited 8h ago
Those people seem to be kind of ignorant, honestly. In fact, I'd imagine that a documentary film winning Best Picture in a single try is likely to stir a HUGE controversy considering that non-English films had to try several times to get there and animated films haven't won Best Picture yet.
6
u/rotates-potatoes 8h ago edited 6h ago
Sure but that’s after the fact. Oscar voters think about the films, their friends and enemies, the marketing campaigns, what it means for them personally. The potential controversy over a documentary winning on first try would be somewhere down around the weather in Buenos Aires next June as a consideration.
→ More replies (16)30
u/archimedesrex 8h ago
I don't think there is much reason to think that The Odyssey is some kind of lock. Action blockbusters are historically not an Academy favorite. A nomination is probably a lock, but a win is far from guaranteed.
14
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
It's probably a lot more likely to win than this does. Besides, One Battle After Another is technically an action film too.
6
u/archimedesrex 8h ago
YCSE certainly has its own hill to climb as a documentary. I would say it has an improbable path to a BP win as well. I just don't think The Odyssey is the default alternative. One Battle was a lot more Oscar friendly. I'll grant there is more precedent for Odyssey to win (Gladiator and Lord of the Rings lend some credibility in somewhat recent history).
7
4
u/Ok_Jellyfish_55 8h ago
Yeah they do win but they have to disguise themselves as something other than an action movie.
Braveheart, Gladiator, Return of the King, are epics
Hurt Locker is war film.
One Battle is a political thriller or something.
8
1
10
u/AgentUnlucky4323 8h ago
People are not ready for what La bola negra is going to do too. I also agree The Odyssey isn't a lock. Probably going to be the most nominated film of the year though
4
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
Well, critical reception for La bola negra kind of slipped, so there's that.
→ More replies (8)1
u/Eatatfiveguys 8h ago
Dune is also up there for picture if it’s as good as we expect. The Odyssey is not at all locked but You Can See Everything isn’t in contention to win BP atm. I think it will get nominated though.
13
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
It’s a better movie than The Odyssey.
7
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
But being a documentary film puts it at a SEVERE disadvantage regardless of its critical reception.
6
u/Mordoch 7h ago edited 6h ago
I think being a documentary pretty much makes it a nonstarter in terms of winning because of the portion of the voters who are actors and would at least want to effectively promote movies with actual actors in it. (While highly farfetched, if documentaries really became the popular type of movie allot of them would be out of a job or making allot less.)
→ More replies (2)2
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
I don’t disagree. It’s that special of a film though
0
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
I don't think that truly matters, if I'm being honest.
5
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
You don’t think being a fascinating work of art that is extremely relevant to our present day matters for a potential Oscar? That the themes it tackles are so relevant I think very much matters.
3
u/Block-Busted 8h ago edited 3h ago
A lot of documentary films have tackled very relevant themes before and yet, none of them were nominated for Best Picture.
6
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
And very rarely do they get unanimous critical and audience praise like this.
Again, I’m with you on it being unlikely, but I’m not counting it out. Especially when I thought The Odyssey was just an okay popcorn flick and this is one of the best films I’ve seen in the last 10-15 years.
→ More replies (0)4
u/rotates-potatoes 8h ago
A lot of days have had calendar dates, but none has ever been October 17 2026 before, so that must not be the date today either.
→ More replies (0)1
5
u/Atkena2578 8h ago
How is it relevant to our present days? About liars and narcissists? We elected one POTUS... twice... you think we re not used to even more egregious narcissists scaming their ways into much higher positions of power than a former tech CEO who is a also a convicted felon?
3
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
It’s much more about the slipperiness of truth and manipulation than specifically Holmes.
→ More replies (0)5
u/Livid_Information_46 8h ago
Apples and Oranges. I saw it last night and loved it, but have no intention of seeing it again until it's on streaming. I saw the Odyssey 3 times in IMAX
2
0
u/Laurel-Hardy-Fan 8h ago
Conversely, I saw The Odyssey once and likely never will again whereas I already have made plans to see You Can See Everything again next week.
2
u/JarvisCockerBB 8h ago
The Odyssey is right there but voters may think, Nolan already won recently, so they may opt for a new winner.
11
u/Atkena2578 8h ago
Voters don't care. They vote for the movie they liked. Or else Sean Penn wouldn't have won his 3rd last year, Ludwig Goransson won 3 in less than 10 years, Emma Stone won her second in less than 10 too... Frances Mc Dormand won her 2nd and 3rd very close as well...
2
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
I don't think it will be this one, though. For one, documentary film winning Best Picture on a single try could result in a HUGE controversy.
2
u/twersx 6h ago
What would the controversy be? They've picked dogshit films for BP in the past, some that were immediately controversial like Crash or Green Book. The worst case scenario for the Academy is that the general public don't think this movie is that good and they see the Academy as being out of touch - but they don't really care about that.
2
u/Block-Busted 5h ago
It's one thing to give Best Picture to weaker films, but giving it to a documentary is something else entirely, especially if it wins in a single try whereas foreign films had to try it several times before one of them finally broke the barrier.
2
u/HarlequinKing1406 Focus Features 4h ago
If anything, if this somehow won it'd likely be seen as a deeply inspired pick, and a sign that the Academy's changing and increasing membership has worked for the better and allowed for these kinds of radical wins that would have never happened before.
→ More replies (2)1
u/JarvisCockerBB 8h ago
I don’t think you’re gonna find another documentary this well received though. I think what it will do is make awards more of a coin toss because how even the odds will be. I was thinking Odyssey is the absolute frontrunner but not anymore.
3
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
Actually, there are a lot of well-received documentary films out there (on the level of this).
1
u/patrick66 1h ago
There are not. This is literally the highest mass appeal of any documentary ever
•
u/Block-Busted 47m ago
There were actually documentary films that were considered as possible Best Picture candidates before.
•
→ More replies (2)1
3h ago
[deleted]
1
u/Block-Busted 3h ago
Some people here actually seem to be assuming that it will actually win Best Picture based on what they're posting.
167
u/Forsaken_Carrot_3075 Legendary Pictures 8h ago
I don't think anyone seriously expects it to win. Nomination is the huge get because no documentary has ever been nominated for Best Picture.
8
u/Sad-Employ-6590 7h ago
I do
30
u/sgt_science 5h ago
Well no one smart at least
22
u/ChefSammich 5h ago
I bet you didn’t graduate from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades
9
6
51
u/WorldOfthisLord 8h ago
Parasite was the first foreign language movie to win best picture, so.
14
u/Atkena2578 8h ago
Yes but before that Foreign films slowly made their way into other categories, BTL and ATL then BP. Parasite didn't happen in a nutshell it was the accumulated result of many years where films who normally stayed contrived to the International film category making their way out and being "democraticized"
Things don't happen as fast as people think it does. Documentaries may have broken into BTL categories in previous year a few times, but that's it, the nomination here would be the win, opening the door for the next one to possibly win... that's how it goes
8
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
And there were plenty of non-English films that were nominated for Best Picture before.
10
u/Price_of_Fame 8h ago
and everyone around this time that season with Parasite sounded like people now with You Can See Everything. Part of the point of history being made is you don't believe it til you see it
16
u/Block-Busted 8h ago
Not even remotely the same thing. For one, Non-English films have been nominated for Best Picture before whereas documentary films haven't.
→ More replies (4)16
u/heywhateverworks 6h ago
I hate to do this to you but Parasite was indeed years ago.
3
1
u/Block-Busted 5h ago
But it's not like it's been a decade like some people are claiming.
1
u/lobolovr6769 5h ago
2020 alone was like 3 years in length
1
u/Block-Busted 5h ago
It's still not THAT long ago.
2
u/lobolovr6769 3h ago
This argument is the equivalent of saying “Alejandro G. iñárritu won’t win Best director for the Revanant because he just won last year for Birdman”
1
u/Block-Busted 3h ago
Except there is a HUGE difference between a non-English film winning Best Picture and a documentary film winning Best Picture.
11
22
u/MrMojoRising422 7h ago
it's not that documentary films have an uphill battle in the best picture category - no documentary has EVER BEEN NOMINATED for best picture. and the documentary branch of the academy also doesn't really fuck with "experimental" docs either. there is a real chance this comes out with no nominations in either category.
8
u/Waste_Track_4524 6h ago
I think the big reason I don’t think it should take picture is that it requires a lot of knowledge before the events of the film start. You need to know the scale of Holmes’ conduct and the movie doesn’t always spell it out for you. It will be interesting to see how voters who’ve never seen Nathan before respond to this. I don’t think you can watch it in 30 years and have it make the same impact that we’re seeing today.
Best documentary absolutely though but I doubt it.
3
u/Libertines18 8h ago
I still have doubts of it getting nominated. Winning isn’t really in the cards
6
u/horse-renoir 4h ago
There's never been a documentary quite like this before. It's basically an experimental narrative film starring real people about their actual lives. If you showed it to someone who didn't know who Elizabeth Holmes was, they would not know it was a documentary
1
u/Block-Busted 4h ago
That still doesn't matter. If anything, that sounds like it could end up ruining its chance even further.
1
u/horse-renoir 2h ago
Have it you seen it? If you see it, you will understand why people want it nominated for non-documentary categories
1
u/Block-Busted 2h ago
That still doesn’t matter a whole lot in a grand scheme of things.
•
u/submarine_99 54m ago
You have no idea what you're talking about
•
u/Block-Busted 47m ago
Ask yourself this - has there been any documentary film that was nominated for Best Picture before, let alone winning one?
2
u/BroAbernathy 7h ago
I think its best shot is in any category is in editing actually but yeah just the noms will be huge wins and very cool
2
u/forgottentaco420 3h ago
I can absolutely see it being nominated at this point, but winning? Idk, only time will tell! Gonna be REALLY hard to ignore this one.
1
2
2
•
u/dogcrayon 50m ago
even more so than animated films do
I'm not so sure. It's true that no documentary has ever been nominated for Best Picture, whereas three animated films have. But documentaries are at least treated with a degree of reverence by the Academy - as important, courageous filmmaking worthy of standing ovations. Animation, by contrast, is overwhelmingly regarded as frivolous, disposable kids' entertainment. They're perceived in almost polar opposite ways, and if there's anything the Academy likes to be associated with, it's importance and courage.
1
u/lizzywbu 7h ago
I definitely think it’s going to get a Best Picture nomination at the very least. I’ve seen a lot of movies this year, Odyssey, Primetime, and some others. This blows everything else out of the water. It’s an incredible movie.
3
→ More replies (10)1
u/Background_Cup2302 5h ago
To build your argument, Parasite (generational film that swept critic awards) should not be the example to use, lol.
→ More replies (4)
61
u/TiredWithCoffeePot Pixar Animation Studios 8h ago
1
64
u/Lurky-Lou 8h ago
Miniature Obsession run incoming
20
u/Pearse_Borty 6h ago
2026 has slowly worked out to be the year of the psychological. Obsession, Backrooms, now this. There's clearly a huge market appetite in audiences for the cerebral right now, and the mainstream filmmaker hasn't caught up yet imo
6
u/Icy_Smoke_733 Studio Ghibli 6h ago edited 3h ago
2026 has slowly worked out to be the year of the psychological.
Interestingly, even the biggest hits this year had some psychological elements in them:
Brand New Day had Jean Grey messing with peoples' minds, Toy Story 5 touched on the effects of cyberbullying on a child's self-image, and one of the The Odyssey's themes is war and the resulting PTSD that affects surviving victims.
15
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 6h ago
This is pushing it
These themes have always existed in film and television. Nothing new to observe here
3
u/visionisop 4h ago
I agree, it is a general storytelling theme about facing your inner shadow/self, like in Greek Tragedies
2
u/carson63000 2h ago
Yeah I think you’d struggle to find a year where the films deemed excellent didn’t have “some psychological elements in them”.
3
u/yesitsmework 3h ago
I just got a flashback to people calling winter soldier a political thriller to prop it up as a more sophisticated movie
1
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 6h ago
Well obsession and backrooms are mainstream
5
u/takethreenc 5h ago
They are now because of their runs but definitely were not before release.
2
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 5h ago
Why were they not mainstream before?
Horror is an easy sell and obsession played very well at TIFF and then Universal focus features bought it
Backrooms had built in interest.
6
u/takethreenc 5h ago
Obsession was made with a budget of less than a million dollars with a first time director and largely unknown actors. That is about the least mainstream a movie can be.
→ More replies (5)1
3h ago
[deleted]
1
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 3h ago
?
tiff has a wide variety of movies from the most experimental arthouse to the biggest studio movies.
Joker and Dune had their Canadian premeires at TIFF for example. And plenty of indie movies play there too, in hopes of getting a distributor
some indie movies are not mainstream. others are, and this is why they would attract a big distributor
6
u/FinallyGivenIn 7h ago
Not a pure apples to apples comparison because Obsession started off with a wide release already. YCSE will most likely increase in its 2nd weekend if it gets more screens from the hype. If the PTA also increases, that's bonkers.
9
u/Most-Following3765 7h ago
Especially as it expands into 2000+ theaters, along with the phenomenal word of mouth.
It’ll get close to $100m if it doesn’t pass it
20
18
u/sarafina126 8h ago
Seeing this in a few hours and I’m hyped
3
u/Relevant_Shower_ 6h ago
Some showings are being added to select theaters, but they are basically filling up sans front rows in about an hour or two.
2
52
u/bby-bae Neon 8h ago
I'm driving out of my way to see it because all the showtimes in my city are essentially sold out (save some seats on the far ends of the front row, I mean).
Definitely think there's capacity issues here. I'm surprised more theaters didn't make room for this, especially because there's so obviously a guaranteed audience. Maybe no one expected the Nathan Fielder pull?
Surely it's going to end up expanding next weekend after this, right?
27
u/birthoftheparty 8h ago
It was limited to 800 runs this week, they are expanding to as many as possible next weekend.
18
6
u/catherine_zetascarn 6h ago
Okay that makes total sense! I was like “why tf am I having as much trouble getting tix as I did with odyssey?” Lmfao
16
u/enragedjuror 6h ago
This will increase in weekend 2
3
u/Relevant_Shower_ 6h ago
It could gain big into Sunday with more showings. The obvious comparison is Obsession. Outside of that I can’t recall another film totally outgrowing its scheduled showings as quickly as it has.
•
u/coldliketherockies 41m ago
I mean borat opened to over 25 million on under 900 theaters, Blair witch project opened to almost 30 million on 1,100 theaters Hannah Montana opened to over 30 million on under 700 theaters(which is really wild to me)
42
u/Hot-Marketer-27 Best of 2024 Winner 7h ago
Holy fuck. How does this even happen?
I didn't see any major advertising for it outside of film festival hype.
Does Nathan Fielder really have that kind of motion?
64
u/Sad-Employ-6590 7h ago
The trailer went super viral. Elizabeth Holmes is a fascinating person and massive scandal on the level of enron...but its a single individual that people actually knew. Shes secretive and currently in prison. Its got so much going for it.
8
39
u/WebHead1287 6h ago
This is the superbowl for autistics and weridos. I can’t remember the last time I was truly this excited for a movie
9
u/michaelc51202 7h ago
Fielder has picked up a major following especially after rehearsal season 2. Everybody knows holmes as well and are likely intrigued
6
u/BarbaNonFacitPhil 5h ago
Here in the Bay Area at a theater that is usually sleepy, the Friday night show was 100% sold out, and they were turning people away. Crowd was pumped.
7
u/outer--monologue 4h ago
Memes are better than advertising could ever hope to be, this shit was fucking everywhere
→ More replies (2)3
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 6h ago
Fielder has a following but this is tackling a major news story so there is some element of built in interest
4
u/petits_riens 3h ago
I love Fielder’s work but I think Holmes is the “star” pulling in more mainstream interest. Like, I don’t think a The Rehearsal feature film would be doing these numbers.
1
u/CallMeFierce 2h ago
Yes, she got really famous. A lot of true crime media picked up her story. I am sure a lot of people are getting introduced to Nathan Fielder because of the association with her.
1
1
u/CRoseCrizzle 3h ago
I think The Rehearsal Season 2 helped quite a bit getting Nathan's name out there. But Holmes was/is a huge story as well and is a very interesting/mysterious figure which had become somewhat mainstream. I think the combination of the two is leading to these numbers.
1
u/Wise-Fig-9581 2h ago
It was hugely advertised on tiktok and instagram in my experience, of course trailers as well during other movies. There was a pretty big meme of people using the "why would I deceive you?" sound on tiktok.
1
1
u/KeepTheNolander 1h ago
I thought it was one of the most hyped movies of the year. Ive been telling people they gotta go see it and not a single person has heard of it. This is how I found out I'm in a cinephile bubble.
•
8
14
u/ph_freitas 8h ago
Will it get a Cinemascore? Other releases already got one
25
9
u/NovelNothing5374 8h ago
Rotten Tomatoes has audience score at like 99% I’m assuming it’s clicking with audiences. I have a buddy who’s never seen a Nathan Fielder project take off Friday from work to watch season 2 of The Rehearsal and is going to see this when it expands next week. I have a feeling it’ll leg out really well with WOM.
→ More replies (2)1
u/CloneAbedNadir 5h ago
Maybe PostTrak is picking it up, Deadline should report on it Sunday if it did track it.
7
u/CaptionAction3 8h ago edited 8h ago
Have checked only 2 cinemark theaters so far and the open caption screenings are selling like crazy
6
u/Kind-Tart6829 5h ago
I wonder how profitable this will end up being, Billy is probably kicking himself
•
8
4
u/kittymoo67 6h ago
is that good or bad?
26
7
1
u/PastAffectionate3918 5h ago
My best advice if you planning to watch it is
You decide what real or not?
1
-2
8h ago
[deleted]
95
51
u/TakedownMoreCorn 8h ago
They're engaging with you as a human being. Why would they deceive you? There's no reason for them to do that
54
6
19
u/dekalogX 7h ago
You’re probably not an annoying person but I’ve found that it’s always the most annoying Internet commenters who rush to be the first to say “the most annoying people are going bananas for [insert trendy thing]”
→ More replies (2)4
u/snssound 7h ago
The most annoying person also graduated from one of Canada's top business school with really good grades.
3
10
→ More replies (8)3
u/100percentkneegrow 8h ago
The fact modern social media feeds throw this in your face for engagement is why the internet sucks now. Movie is good though.
1
u/outer--monologue 3h ago
A24 would be insane not to do a wider release on this. Leaving money on the table.
1
u/littlelordfROY Warner Bros. Pictures 6h ago
Could this become nathan fielders biggest domestic gross ever , passing The Night Before?
It will easily outgross Disaster artist
1
355
u/miwasher_e 8h ago
more than social reckoning's entire opening weekend