Who dominated the Halloween weekend at the US box office?

“Trick or treat” obliges, no big news this weekend in American theaters. So You Can See Everything continues to make a splash.

Halloween is an extremely popular holiday in the United States. But this popularity paradoxically results in a desertion of cinemas in favor of other festive activities. Between candy collecting and costume parties, the usual cinema audiences, particularly young people and families, are overwhelmingly busy elsewhere. Hollywood studios therefore generally avoid scheduling big releases at the end of October.

And it’s a documentary of more than three hours which benefits this year!

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You Can See Everythingdedicated to Elizabeth Holmes and distributed by A24, takes the lead at the American box office with $10.6 million for its third weekend, expanding its audience to 3,242 theaters.

A rare performance for a documentary film, which has already totaled $63.88 million in North America. The doc has not yet been released internationally and will only arrive at the end of December in France.

DC falls to second place

Nathan Fielder’s film doubles Clayface.

Leader last week, this origin story horror dedicated to the Batman villain falls to second place with $10.4 million in 3,478 theaters for its second weekend. A drop of almost 60% from one week to the next, not very encouraging for the future of the blockbuster.

The Warner Bros. film has now grossed $44.1 million in North America and $83 million worldwide. A result that looks like a rather modest victory for DC, but the film only cost $44 million to produce. A much more reasonable budget than that of the studio’s other recent major productions, such as Superman (225 million) or Supergirl (175 million). The first ended with $618.7 million in global revenue and $126.5 million for the second.

An animated film on the podium

Third place remains occupied by WildwoodLaika’s stop-motion animated film, which took in $7.5 million in its second weekend, down 39%. The film has now totaled 25 million in North America and 35 million worldwide. With a production budget of $100 million, this animated adventure may, however, have difficulty recouping its costs. Stop motion is a particularly time-consuming and expensive technique to implement. Release in France is set for December 9.

Wicker And Street Fighter complete the Top 5

In fourth place, the offbeat romantic comedy Wicker grossed $4.1 million in 2,374 theaters for its second weekend, a decline limited to 28%. The film grossed $13.2 million in North America. A solid result for this low-budget production, acquired by Black Bear after its presentation at Sundance for $2.5 million.

Finally, Street Fighter completes the top 5 with $3.2 million for its third weekend, down 63% from the previous one. The Paramount reboot has now earned $53 million in North America and $91.9 million worldwide. Despite its approach of 100 million, the film remains far from profitability: Legendary and the video game publisher Capcom co-financed it to the tune of 82 million dollars. And theater operators keep about half of the ticket revenue.

The disaster for Taika

Further down the rankings, Sony has not even communicated the revenues of Klara and the sun.

The new film from Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit and of Thor: Love & Thundercollapsed the week before with just $720,000 in 880 theaters. The studio has since reduced the number of cinemas that program it, after particularly harsh criticism, despite the presence of Jenna Ortega, star of Wednesdayheadlining.