A documentary about Elizabeth Holmes is outperforming a big-budget action remake—and nobody saw it coming.
Street Fighter’s opening weekend is a quiet thud. $31 million — just shy of the $38.5 million Mortal Kombat 2 pulled in earlier this summer. Not a knockout, not even a solid win. The film’s on track for number one, but that’s less a triumph and more a case of weak competition.
It’s the international numbers now that’ll decide if this reboot survives beyond its first run. The domestic audience wasn’t sold: CinemaScore dropped a B-minus, which isn’t terrible, but far from encouraging. And the drop-off? Likely steep.
Last week’s Other Mommy, with a D+ rating, is already bracing for a 73% second-weekend plunge. Street Fighter might not be that bad, but it’s not good enough to matter much either. Meanwhile, something else is happening. Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc, You Can See Everything, is quietly storming the box office.
Only 800 screens. $12–14 million opening. That’s the second-biggest documentary debut ever. Behind only Fahrenheit 9/11. No concert films, no Taylor Swift.
Just a straight-up nonfiction deep dive into one of the most infamous tech scandals of the decade. And it’s working. The contrast couldn’t be sharper. One movie about punching people in a neon-lit arcade.
The other about a woman who lied her way into billions. Yet audiences are showing up. Even as Whalefall limps out with a $7 million opening, barely beating Sense and Sensibility redux at $6 million. You Can See Everything is the real story. Disney’s live-action drought continues.
The Dog Stars didn’t land. Now, can a documentary about a fraudster do better than a franchise reboot? The answer may come by next Friday.
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