Contrary to how it looks, Everything Everywhere All At Once is a box office success story. The science fiction action comedy, released by A24 Films, is the second feature film from the Daniels — the writer-director duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The Daniels previously made the surreal Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe comedy Swiss Army Man, the box office performance of which was not so impressive. With the Daniels' latest movie, however, its box office gross has a deeper meaning behind it that makes it even greater.
Everything Everywhere All at Once follows the story of Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), a laundromat owner who is in the midst of getting audited by the IRS. When she discovers that she has the ability to access parallel universes, she must connect with her multiverse selves in order to save them all from destruction. The movie also stars Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, and Ke Huy Quan.
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Even though Everything Everywhere All at Once has not yet reached the traditional break-even point of grossing more than double its production budget, the movie's performance is still pretty amazing. This past weekend, Everything Everywhere All at Once did very solid business, raking in another $5.3 million to bring its current domestic gross total to $35.2 million. Its box office actually increased by two percent, which is quite uncommon (via Forbes). Everything Everywhere All at Once has a good chance to bring in over $50 million, which would put it above the profane crime thriller Uncut Gems as the highest-grossing A24 movie domestically.
The staying power that Everything Everywhere All at Once has seen after six weeks in theaters is
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