Olivia Colman's R-Rated Fairy Tale Wicker Outperforms Street Fighter at Box Office

After DC's new body horror gem, Clayface, earned the perfect start by topping the box office charts last weekend, the most viral film of this season has finally broken past the competition and into first place, with Clayface falling into second. A24's You Can See Everything, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is one of the best-reviewed films of all time and is the favorite to become the first documentary to ever be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

After two weekends as the box office bridesmaid, the film has now risen to the top of the box office charts and made more than $60 million, despite not yet being released in most territories. But as the box office spotlight continues to shine on the most incredible non-fiction feature of the decade, other less-discussed films are also proving popular. On its second weekend, Wicker, the bonkers fairy tale based on the short story The Wicker Husband by Ursula Wills, has earned another $4.1 million after a $5.7 million opening gambit.

This takes Wicker's global total to $13.4 million, although this is without accounting for its opening haul in the UK. At the U.S. box office, the film finished fourth in the ranks, rising from fifth last weekend and only facing a 28% drop, which is hugely impressive. This was a better weekend haul than director Kitao Sakurai's live-action Street Fighter movie, which continues to tumble down the box office charts after a positive opening weekend that has been upended by poor reviews.

How Did Critics React to 'Wicker'?

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Not only is it a quiet box office hit, but Wicker is one of the best-reviewed movies in theaters right now. Collider's Therese Lacson called it "an immensely entertaining watch" and "a fun and quirky story about love and overcoming loneliness" in her review, one of many glowing responses that have helped it reach a 94% average score on Rotten Tomatoes. Written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, the film stars Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, Succession's Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki. A synopsis reads:

"On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos."