A documentary takes the weekend


You Can See Everything took first place on the Halloween weekend.
A24's film earned $10.8 million over three days, according to a November 1 report. That put it just ahead of Clayface, which earned $10.4 million. The gap was only $400,000, and it was enough to give the documentary its first weekend at number one.
You have to pause on that for a second. A three hour documentary about a fraud case beat a DC horror film on a holiday weekend. That does not happen by accident. It happens when a film stays in the conversation long after opening weekend.

The numbers behind the win


You Can See Everything is in its third week. Its domestic total now stands at $64 million, according to the November 1 report.
Early estimates had been a touch lower. TheWrap put the weekend at $10.6 million on October 31, with a domestic total near $63 million. The November 1 figure of $10.8 million and $64 million reflects updated weekend reporting. This draft uses the later figures as the headline numbers, and notes the earlier estimates here so you can see the shift.
The film dropped about 43 percent from its $19.5 million second weekend, according to TheWrap. That is a solid hold for a third weekend, especially on a weekend when many people were out for Halloween instead of sitting in a theater.
Clayface dropped more steeply. It fell 57 percent from its opening weekend, according to TheWrap. It played in 3,478 theaters, earned $3.25 million on Friday, and finished the weekend at $10.4 million, according to the November 1 report. Its domestic total after two weeks stands at $44 million.

What You Can See Everything is about


You Can See Everything follows Elizabeth Holmes and her family in the month before she surrendered to start an 11 year sentence.
Holmes founded Theranos, a blood testing company at the center of a fraud case. The film, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, covers the period before she reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, according to reports citing The Independent and Variety.
That premise sounds heavy, and it is. But the film has also become a social media talking point, with Holmes and Fielder turning up as Halloween costumes and in memes, according to Deadline coverage cited in tracking reports. That attention has kept ticket sales alive, and turned a three hour documentary into an event people talk about after.

Why Clayface still matters


Clayface opened at about $24 million the weekend before, according to opening weekend reports. That gave DC Studios a low budget horror win, and it set up a second weekend that was always going to be smaller.
The film is an R-rated DC body horror film starring Tom Rhys Harries. It is directed by James Watkins. Harries plays Matt Hagen, a man whose body becomes malleable clay after a science experiment goes wrong, according to opening coverage.
A 57 percent second weekend drop is steep, but it is also normal for a horror film after a strong opening. Clayface finished second, close behind the leader, with $44 million in ten days, against a reported net cost near $44 million before prints and advertising. Final profit depends on overseas totals and later revenue not in these weekend reports.

The rest of the weekend


Wildwood finished third at about $7.5 million, down about 40 percent, according to a weekend box office newsletter. That is another solid hold, and it shows audiences were sticking with films they already knew, rather than rushing to something new.
New releases were small. BTS World Tour Arirang, a live concert viewing event, earned an estimated $3 million on 1,010 screens. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, expanding wide on 1,112 screens, earned an estimated $2 million. Christmas at the Kringles, an indie horror comedy on 1,825 screens, earned an estimated $700,000.
Those numbers are estimates, and they are low. But they fit the weekend. Studios tend to avoid big new releases on Halloween, especially when Halloween falls on a Saturday. People have other plans, and theaters feel it.

Why Halloween hurt the weekend


Halloween fell on Saturday, October 31. That is the first Saturday Halloween since 2020, according to opening weekend coverage.
Last year, Halloween fell on a Friday, and the total weekend box office was $57.3 million to $57.4 million, depending on the tracker. This year, pending final figures, the weekend looked set to come in below that, according to the same newsletter.
That context matters. A $10.8 million winner looks small in a normal frame. On Halloween weekend, with no big new title, it is enough to win, and it is enough to keep the month from collapsing completely.
TheWrap also noted that You Can See Everything was the second highest grossing film of October, behind only Amazon MGM's Verity. That is a striking result for a documentary, and it shows how much of October this one film carried.

What A24 gets from this


A24 crossed the half billion dollar mark in domestic box office for the year, according to the November 1 report. That is its highest ever domestic total for a year.
You Can See Everything played a real part in that. It is not the only A24 film of the year, but it is the one that kept selling in late October, when other films faded. A documentary that grows in its second weekend, then takes first place in its third, gives a studio something it can build on.
If you skipped this film because it sounded like homework, the box office says a lot of other people did not. They went, they talked, and they came back for more.
Unconfirmed or reported, not stated as confirmed fact in this draft: all weekend figures are industry estimates pending final figures, the Clayface net cost figure is reported before prints and advertising, and the A24 yearly total is as reported on November 1.

Sources and reporting

  1. Nacionale — November 1, 2026 · Reports $10.8 million weekend, $10.4 million for Clayface, $64 million domestic total for You Can See Everything, $44 million for Clayface in its second week, 3,478 theaters and $3.25 million Friday for Clayface, and A24 crossing the half billion dollar domestic mark for the year
  2. TheWrap — October 31, 2026 · Reports early estimates of $10.6 million for You Can See Everything and $10.2 million for Clayface, a 43 percent drop for You Can See Everything from a $19.5 million second weekend, a 57 percent drop for Clayface, and a domestic total near $63 million for You Can See Everything
  3. Tribune — October 31, 2026 · Reports $10.6 million estimate for You Can See Everything, $10.2 million for Clayface, first place for the first time after two weekends in second, and a $19.5 million second weekend after expanding to more than 2,600 cinemas
  4. FranchiseRE — November 1, 2026 · Reports Wildwood at about $7.5 million down about 40 percent, BTS World Tour Arirang at an estimated $3 million on 1,010 screens, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York at an estimated $2 million on 1,112 screens, Christmas at the Kringles at an estimated $700,000 on 1,825 screens, and last year Halloween weekend at $57.4 million