A tight race at the top
A24's You Can See Everything and Warner Bros/DC's Clayface are locked in a close contest over Halloween weekend, with each projected to clear $10 million domestically. The documentary, co-directed by Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder, is expected to take in $3.2 million on Friday toward a third-weekend total of $10 million to $11 million. The James Watkins-directed DC film is tracking $3.1 million Friday and a second frame above $10 million.[S1][S2]
By Sunday, the documentary's cumulative domestic gross could reach $63.7 million, while the Batman villain spinoff would stand at roughly $43.7 million. You Can See Everything closed its second week with $27.1 million and a 14-day total of $52.7 million. Clayface finished its first week at $33.6 million and is hoping to limit its second-weekend decline to about 60%, a steep drop that is nonetheless within the normal range for a genre release.[S1]
Social buzz and a holiday slowdown
The documentary's surge has been fueled by relentless social media memes, with Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder emerging as popular Halloween costumes. The film has already overtaken several well-known documentaries at the domestic box office, including Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and the Leonardo DiCaprio-narrated Hubble 3D. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 remains the highest-grossing non-nature, non-concert documentary domestically at $119.1 million.[S1]
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Halloween falling on a weekend has historically hurt ticket sales. Last year, when the holiday landed on a Friday, the Friday-to-Sunday total was $57.3 million, the fifth-lowest weekend of 2025. The last time Halloween fell on a Saturday, in 2015, The Martian led with an $11.7 million fifth frame and the overall weekend reached $74.1 million. Some box office observers argue this year may not suffer as badly, since audiences can still attend Saturday matinees or Thursday evening shows. Rain is forecast for Los Angeles on Saturday.[S1]
The rest of the chart
Laika's Wildwood, released through Fathom at 2,900 locations, is projected to earn $2.1 million on its second Friday and $6.8 million for the weekend, a 44% decline that would bring its running total to $25.1 million. Black Bear's R-rated comedy Wicker is expected to take $1.2 million Friday and about $3.5 million for its second weekend across 2,374 sites, a 39% drop and a $12.7 million cumulative gross. Paramount/Legendary's Street Fighter is looking at $1 million on its third Friday and $3.3 million for the weekend, a 61% fall, for a running total near $53.1 million.[S1]
Major studios largely avoided wide releases this weekend. The most notable newcomer is Briarcliff Entertainment's holiday slasher Christmas at the Kringles, directed by Kevin Lewis and playing at 1,825 theaters. It earned $200,000 in Thursday previews and is expected to finish in the low single digits; its Rotten Tomatoes critics' score stands at 0%. Roadside Attractions' Joshua Live! opened at 1,230 theaters and Samuel Goldwyn Films' The Mongoose, starring Liam Neeson and Marisa Tomei, launched at 1,000 locations.[S1]
