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“You Can See Everything” quickly became a hit after its release in New York, with over 1,000 sold-out shows. Due to its nearly three-hour running time and focus on younger audiences, it continued to sell out theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The documentary “You Can See Everything” caused a rush for tickets after its release, becoming a rare documentary in New York that is difficult to get tickets for in recent years.manhattan Andbrooklyn Most shows sell out by one, and even weekday afternoons are packed; Audiences wishing to see the film may have to look for tickets in Staten Island or New Jersey in the near future.
A collaboration between comedian and director Nathan Fielder and documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, the film focuses on Elizabeth Holmes, who was jailed for fraud at blood testing company Theranos. The two secretly reunited with him a few weeks before he was to be sentenced to prison; The film took three years to produce, cost approximately 7 million yuan and had a total length of two hours and 54 minutes.
Distributor A24 said that since the film was released on the 16th of this month.new york city Over 1,000 shows have sold out; Over 3,000 shows sold out in the United States during the first weekend, primarily in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Theaters later increased the number of shows, but demand still exceeded supply in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Noah Elgart, general manager of the Brooklyn Theater for over ten years, said that he originally expected the film to do well, but he did not expect a large number of theaters to be sold out even in its second week of release. “The 2pm show on weekdays is sold out in advance, which is very rare,” he said.
Mr. Zhang, a Chinese who lives in Brooklyn, has been looking at nearby theaters for more than a week, but he never found a show that didn’t conflict with work hours and still had seats. The theater shows at least four to five shows every day, but almost all of them are sold out. He said, “It’s really an exaggeration. I’ve never seen a documentary become so popular.”
Demand varies greatly from region to region. Taking that same Monday night as an example, only 14 seats were sold in a screening room of about 200 seats at Staten Island’s Alamo Drafthouse; At a show of similar timing and scale at the Regal Essex Crossing on the Lower East Side, only one front row corner seat was left.
The film’s first weekend box office revenue reached 15 million yuan, and after the second weekend, the film’s total revenue exceeded 45 million yuan. A24 estimates that about 70% of viewers are under the age of 35, which may explain the film’s particular popularity in areas where young people gather, such as Brooklyn. Elgart pointed out that the film’s length of approximately three hours also increases seating constraints because theaters can arrange fewer screenings per day than typical films.
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Due to the film’s high reputation and buzz after its release, tickets were sold out one after another in many theaters in New York, even on weekday afternoons. Additionally, the film’s length is closer to 3 hours, and there are fewer screenings on a single day, further adding to the tension of the sit-down.
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The film focuses on Elizabeth Holmes, who was jailed in the Theranos fraud case. It was completed by comedian and director Nathan Fielder and documentary director Lance Oppenheim. It took three years and cost about 7 million yuan.
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A24 said that during the film’s first weekend, tickets were sold in more than 3,000 theaters in the United States with a cumulative box office of more than 45 million yuan, and nearly 70% of the audience was under the age of 35. This shows that film is particularly popular among young people and in big cities, and demand is very unevenly distributed.
