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Everything Everywhere All at Once Breaks Global Box Office Record for A24
Everything Everywhere All At Once has broken a significant global box office record for A24. Directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, collectively known as Daniels, Everything Everywhere All At Once was released earlier this year to rave reviews from critics and audiences. The film stars Michelle Yeoh as an exhausted laundromat owner who, while attempting to finish filing her taxes, finds herself on a multiversal adventure to save her universe.
Everything Everywhere All At Once comes from A24, the studio responsible for recent films like Men, X, Red Rocket, and The Green Knight. The studio is well known among indie film fans for its unique projects, often produced on lower budgets and boasting bold creative visions from ground-breaking filmmakers. Produced on a budget of $25 million, Everything Everywhere All At Once fits the A24 mold well but quickly became a breakout hit unlike any of the studio's other movies. In June, Daniels' multiversal romp surpassed Hereditary to become A24's highest-grossing movie globally. Due to its success, Everything Everywhere All At Once was recently re-released in theaters, featuring an additional 8 minutes of outtakes and an introduction from Daniels.
Now, per a new report from Variety, Everything Everywhere All At Once has surpassed another A24 milestone, recently crossing $100 million at the global box office. The film's new box office numbers put it well ahead of Hereditary, which was A24's previous highest-grossing global earner at $79 million. Despite now being available to watch at home on digital platforms, Everything Everywhere All At Once continues to perform well at theaters, with its recent re-release this past weekend earning the film an additional $650,000.
Although still dwarfed by the performance of large tentpole blockbusters like Thor: Love and Thunder and Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick, the strong performance of Everything Everywhere All At Once is further proof that audiences are interested in original stories from new voices. Almost immediately upon its release, Daniels' latest film benefitted from strong word-of-mouth, with the positive reception from audiences leading to repeat viewings and exceptional weekend-to-weekend box office drops. Plus, having been made for a budget of only $25 million, which pales in comparison to Thor: Love and Thunder's $250 million budget, the film's feat is made even more impressive.
Everything Everywhere All At Once manages to be both sincere and hilarious, action-packed and dramatic, a combination that has evidently struck a chord with audiences around the world. The directors have debunked rumors that they're interested in making a sequel to Everything Everywhere All At Once, but the film's strong performance suggests that there may be an appetite among audiences to revisit the unique world Daniels' have created. That being said, the film tells a contained story with a strong ending and is, in many ways, an answer to the bloated franchise entertainment landscape of today, making a strong case for the film to remain a standalone adventure.
