Clayface Leads Box Office, But Theranos Doc Surges in Week Two

'Clayface' held the top spot at the domestic box office over the weekend, but the real story was the unexpected momentum of 'You Can See Everything,' a documentary examining disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, which surged in its second weekend of release.

The Holmes documentary's second-weekend performance is notable in an era when most films — particularly non-franchise titles — see steep audience drop-offs after their opening frames. A surge rather than a decline suggests strong word-of-mouth traction and possibly renewed public appetite for stories about high-profile corporate fraud.

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Theranos, the blood-testing startup Holmes founded, collapsed after revelations that its core technology was fraudulent. Holmes was convicted of fraud in 2022 and has since become a recurring subject of documentaries, podcasts, and dramatizations that continue to attract audiences years after the scandal broke.

'Clayface,' based on the DC Comics villain of the same name, represented the more conventional blockbuster draw of the weekend, anchoring the charts as the summer movie season approaches. The DC title's dominance at No. 1 underscores continued studio reliance on intellectual-property-driven tentpole releases.

The juxtaposition of a superhero adaptation and a true-crime documentary both competing meaningfully at the box office reflects the increasingly fragmented nature of theatrical audiences. Continue reading at NYT > Business.