DC's R-rated horror film Clayface debuted at No. 1 with an estimated $24 million from 3,458 North American theaters, but the weekend's real story was A24's You Can See Everything, which The Sumter Item (via AP) reports took in $19.5 million in its first weekend of wide release.

A24 expanded the Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary from 855 locations to 2,655 venues — an exceptionally wide footprint for a documentary, more than triple its opening-weekend run.

The film has now earned an estimated $45.1 million in two weeks domestically, already ranking among the highest-grossing documentaries ever.

Documentaries almost never gain momentum in weekend two, yet box office analyst David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called the film's 28% increase from its debut an "extremely rare" result, according to Kuwait Times and WION citing Exhibitor Relations figures of $20 million.

Kuwait Times and WION both report it as the second-biggest weekend ever for a documentary, behind only Michael Moore's *Fahrenheit 9/11* in 2004 — making it, as The Independent puts it, the highest-grossing nonmusical documentary since that film.

Gross told The Sumter Item that A24 invested a reported $7 million in "an interesting but complicated idea without a beginning, middle or end, that's turned into a zeitgeist film about money, dreams, truth and reality."

According to The Sumter Item, the documentary has become a sensation partly by drawing waves of Gen Z moviegoers, and reviews across outlets have been overwhelmingly positive.

WION and Kuwait Times note awards speculation: some analysts predict it could become the first documentary ever nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

The outlets also flag Amanda Seyfried's surprise cameo — an echo of her starring turn as Holmes in *The Dropout* — as sparking awards chatter of its own.

The Independent describes the film as beginning 34 days before Holmes surrendered herself at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, where she is serving an 11-year sentence.

The Independent reports that Clayface's opening was modest for a comic-book adaptation but a relief for DC Studios, which has struggled at the box office this year — its *Supergirl* flopped in July with $126 million worldwide against production and marketing costs of at least $270 million.

Audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore, which AP calls a high grade for a horror release.

AOL reports that DC Studios CEO James Gunn marked the anniversary of Matt Hagen's comic book debut by sharing a photo of himself holding a graded copy of Detective Comics #298, the December 1961 issue that introduced the character.

Praising star Tom Rhys Harries on X, Gunn wrote, "It's one thing to watch someone become a monster, but another to feel everything that person is losing along the way." AOL notes the R-rated film, directed by James Watkins, also stars Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella, David Dencik and Eddie Marsan.

All eyes now turn to whether You Can See Everything can sustain its historic run into awards season and become the first documentary nominated for Best Picture.

Meanwhile, The Sumter Item and Kuwait Times report that Laika's stop-motion Wildwood debuted third at $11–11.8 million with an "A" CinemaScore, but with a $100 million production budget, analyst Gross doubts it can recoup costs without overseas over-performance.

Paramount's *Street Fighter* fell 72% to $8.6 million in fourth, Black Bear's Wicker launched fifth at $5.8 million, and Sony's critically panned *Klara and the Sun* managed just $725,000.