'You Can See Everything' Edges 'Clayface' in Slow Halloween Weekend at Box Office

The Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" topped the North American box office this weekend with $10.6 million from 2,655 locations, narrowly ahead of the DC Studios film "Clayface," according to studio estimates released Sunday. The Halloween holiday pulled audiences away from theaters on Saturday, and the weekend total was not expected to pass roughly $56 million, which would make it the second-lowest-earning weekend of the year. The documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has earned $63.9 million against a reported $7 million budget, and this was its first weekend at No. 1 in its third week in theaters. "Clayface," the Batman-villain movie from Warner Bros., trailed by only $200,684 after a 57% drop in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $44.1 million against a reported $44 million budget. Laika's animated "Wildwood" was third with an estimated $7.5 million, down 39%, after adding 150 screens to reach 3,100 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Its total stands at $25.9 million. The comedic fantasy "Wicker," starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, was also among the weekend's releases.

Left-leaning NBC News runs the full report. It leads with the holiday slump, then gives the rankings, the $200,684 gap, the budgets against earnings, and the $56 million, second-lowest estimate. Right-leaning Washington Times uses the same headline and the same opening sentences, but its excerpt puts the weekend total at no more than $63 million and calls it the third-lowest of the year. The excerpt cuts off before any film-by-film figures, so those can't be compared. Both sides frame the story as a quiet holiday weekend led by the Holmes documentary and "Clayface"; the visible difference is the total and ranking. The alternative-leaning AP version matches the left-side wording and the $56 million figure.