The Halloween box office weekend ended with a narrow win for the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything,” which took $10.6 million from 2,655 locations in its third weekend in theaters. The DC Studios film “Clayface” finished second with $10.4 million, trailing by only $200,684. Total ticket sales for the weekend were unlikely to pass $56 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday, which would make it the second lowest earning weekend of the year.
The result gave “You Can See Everything” its first week at No. 1. The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has made $63.9 million to date against a reported production budget of $7 million. Its run has drawn steady attention since release, and the Halloween weekend pushed it past the DC Studios film that had led the chart the week before.
Halloween box office top two separated by $200,684
“Clayface,” about the Batman villain, fell 57 percent in its second weekend in theaters. The Warner Bros. release has now earned $44.1 million in North America against a reported budget of $44 million. The Halloween box office margin between first and second place was $200,684. The gap came down to a small margin for a weekend chart.
The Halloween holiday pulled audiences away from theaters on Saturday, a pattern that shaped the whole weekend. The holiday effect hit new releases and holdovers alike, and no film broke out to lift the total. The Halloween box office race stayed tight through Sunday, with the estimates leaving little room between the two leaders. The weekend total stayed low even with two films in double digit millions at the top of the chart.
Final domestic figures were due to be released Monday, with the estimates based on ticket sales from Friday through Sunday at theaters in the United States and Canada, according to Rentrak. The rankings below the top two were also close, with several films separated by less than $1 million.
Halloween box office rest of the top five
Third place went to Laika’s animated film “Wildwood,” which added 150 screens in its second weekend to reach 3,100 theaters in the United States and Canada. The Fathom Entertainment release made an estimated $7.5 million, down 39 percent from its first weekend, bringing its running total to $25.9 million.
The comedic fantasy “Wicker” landed in fourth place with $4.1 million. Olivia Colman plays a woman who commissions a basket maker to build her a wicker husband, played by Alexander Skarsgard. “Street Fighter,” in its third weekend, rounded out the top five with $3.2 million.
The Halloween box office chart for the weekend listed ten films, from $10.6 million at the top to $1.4 million in tenth place. Further down the chart, “Resident Evil” and “Other Mommy” each took $2.5 million. The Sundance indie “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York” added more than 1,000 locations in its second weekend and made $1.9 million, enough to land in the top 10. “Heart of the Beast” took $1.6 million and “Sense and Sensibility” took $1.4 million.
Halloween box office in a wider year for theaters
The Halloween box office weekend closed with “You Can See Everything” at $63.9 million in total domestic earnings and “Clayface” at $44.1 million, figures that put the two leaders on very different paths relative to their reported budgets. Netflix also reported earnings from the theatrical release of its World War II film “The Mosquito Bowl,” which made $455,000 from 349 locations. “La Bola Negra” made slightly less, $418,000, from only 38 locations in its third weekend, bringing its running total to $1.2 million.
The Halloween box office result left the yearly domestic total near $8.5 billion, up more than 17 percent from last year. The slow weekend did not change the broader picture for the year. The domestic box office remains up more than 17 percent from last year, with nearly $8.5 billion taken to date. The Halloween dip fits a familiar pattern in which the holiday keeps people away from cinemas on Saturday night, and the totals for the full year still sit ahead of the same point in 2025.
For “You Can See Everything,” the weekend marked a late climb to the top of the chart in its third week, after two weeks of steady business. For “Clayface,” the second weekend fall left it close to its reported budget in domestic earnings, with the two films finishing less than $201,000 apart. The Halloween box office final figures were due on Monday, with the top two separated by $200,684.