“You Can See Everything” opened to $15 million on 800 screens — the biggest non-music documentary opening since “Fahrenheit 9/11”
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“You Can See Everything” made $15 million on 800 screens over its opening weekend, complete with 2,000 sold-out shows. Variety calls that the most successful opening for a non-music documentary since Michael Moore's “Fahrenheit 9/11,” 22 years ago.
As for what the film is: Variety describes a documentary made by a prankish cringe comedian about a notorious white-collar criminal, one that plays as hangout-movie vérité — until the actress who played that white-collar criminal in a TV series actually shows up.
The box-office numbers are likely to climb in its second weekend, when it expands to a full national release. Variety reports that audiences are alive to it, and that people often say it exceeds their expectations.
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Variety's critic wagers that a critics' group may name it best picture of the year — the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review and their peers are the ones in the frame.
A critics' prize is not a statuette. By Variety's own account, such a win would establish the film's credibility as a work of cinematic art, and while Oscar voters often follow the critics' lead, they aren't beholden to them.