“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is a science-fiction black comedy film that has garnered rave reviews from critics.
This weekend the film is having its wide expansion. So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American science fiction Black comedy film
- It is written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
- It stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis
- The plot follows a Chinese-American woman, being audited by the IRS
- The woman discovers that she has the power to exist in parallel universes and must help prevent the destruction of them all
- The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2022
- It began a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 25, 2022
- Before opening wide on April 8, 2022, by A24
- The film received widespread critical acclaim
- During pre-production, Jackie Chan was considered for the starring role
- The script was originally written for him before the directors changed their minds and re-concieved the lead role as a woman
- Feeling it would make the husband-wife dynamic in the story more relatable
- It was announced in August 2018 that Michelle Yeoh and Awkwafina were cast to star in an “interdimensional action film” from Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
- With Anthony and Joe Russo set to produce
- Awkwafina exited the project due to scheduling conflicts in January 2020
- Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Jonathan Ke Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis were added to the cast, with Hsu replacing Awkwafina
- Filming began in January 2020
- A24 acquired the distribution rights to the film
- The band Son Lux composed the musical score
- The 49-track soundtrack was released on April 8, 2022
- The score icludes collaborations with Mitski, David Byrne, a flute-playing André 3000, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, and yMusic, plus others
- Everything Everywhere All at Once had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 11, 2022
- In the United States and Canada, the film earned an estimated $509,600 from ten theaters in its opening weekend
- Its debut had a theater average of $50,965
- This was the second-best since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for a platform release, behind Licorice Pizza
- It is aslo the best opening theater average in 2022 at the time of its release
- In its sophomore weekend the film made $1.1 million from 38 theaters
- Finishing ninth at the box office
- The film received a wide expansion in its third weekend
- Going from 38 venues to an estimated 1,200 theaters
- Projections estimate a $4 to 7.5 million gross in that weekend
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 97% rating
- Based on 164 critics reviews
- With an average rating of 8.8/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Led by an outstanding Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once lives up to its title with an expertly calibrated assault on the senses”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100
- Based on 38 critics
- Indicating “universal acclaim”