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Two Elon Musk documentaries compete at North American box office

Documentary feature Musk expands its theatrical release alongside rival project You Can See Everything in North American cinemas.

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Two major documentaries focused on high profile figures are competing at the box office this weekend, according to GoldDerby and Deadline. Bleecker Street expanded Alex Gibney's documentary film Musk to 472 locations, Deadline reported, following a limited initial release on four screens last week. [2][4]

The release puts the documentary in direct competition with A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary, titled You Can See Everything, which Deadline reported is opening on 855 screens. GoldDerby described both projects as Oscar hungry documentaries vying for audience attention. [2][4]

Director Alex Gibney appeared on IndieWire's Screen Talk podcast to discuss using artificial intelligence to create a simulated CGI avatar interview of Elon Musk for the film. Gibney explained that the production team used the technology to simulate an interview with the tech executive that they were unable to secure in person. [3]

The documentary, which runs three hours and 45 minutes, is distinct from narrative feature films about the businessman, as FTMQ Entertainment reported earlier. [10]

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In short

  • Bleecker Street expanded Alex Gibney's documentary Musk to 472 cinema locations.
  • A24 released the Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything on 855 screens.
  • Alex Gibney used artificial intelligence to simulate an interview with Elon Musk for his documentary.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]If You Take Elon Musk at His Word, Tesla Just Debuted a ‘Flying Car’Rolling Stone Culture, 9h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]‘Street Fighter’ set to land box-office knockout as ‘Musk’ and ‘You Can See Everything’ square offGoldDerby, 1d ago
  3. [3]Alex Gibney on How a CGI Avatar Helped Simulate the Elon Musk Interview He Could Never GetIndieWire, 9h ago
  4. [4]Netflix Enters Box Office Era With ‘La Bola Negra’; ‘You Can See Everything’ & ‘Musk’ Face Off – Specialty PreviewDeadline, 5h ago
  5. [5]If You Take Elon Musk at His Word, Tesla Just Debuted a ‘Flying Car’Rolling Stone, 9h ago
  6. [6]Elon Musk's three-word reaction after unveiling Tesla Roadster flying car that hits 60 mph in under a secondNew York Post, 16h ago

Background

  1. [7]Musk family on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Tesla Cybercab on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Word on Wikipedia
  4. [10]Ike Barinholtz Discusses Portraying Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino Film Artificial FTMQ Entertainment, 5d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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