The documentary “You Can See Everything” has reached a domestic box office total of $80 million in North America after just four weekends of release. At this rate, A24‘s movie about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is primed to surpass $100 million domestically, a hugely impressive milestone for a nearly three-hour documentary.
During its fourth weekend, the movie earned $8.8 million from 2,473 theaters, a minimal 23% decline. This performance places it as the second-highest grossing non-music documentary in North America. It has surpassed the 2005 film “March of the Penguins,” which earned $77 million, but remains behind Michael Moore’s 2005 film “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which grossed $119 million.
Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Rentrak, stated that “You Can See Everything” has "really broken the rules of how a documentary can perform at the box office" and has "defied box office gravity week after week and clearly captured the imagination of audiences."
The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes as she prepares for an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors. Her rise and dramatic fall from grace was immortalized in the Hulu series “The Dropout,” starring Amanda Seyfried, as well as Alex Gibney’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.”
The project was kept secret until approximately one month before its theatrical debut. It first opened in mid-October to $15 million and gained momentum as a word-of-mouth sensation following a surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. The report attributes part of its popularity to the commercial appeal of Nathan Fielder, known for blending reality and fiction in projects like “The Rehearsal” and “Nathan For You.”
Despite having a $7 million production budget, the film has outgrossed several major fall releases that benefited from multi-million dollar marketing campaigns, including “Verity” ($75 million), “Heart of the Beast” ($67 million), “Clayface” ($56 million), and “Primetime” ($46 million).
For the studio A24, the film is their third-biggest domestic release ever. It has surpassed 2022’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” ($77 million) but trails 2025’s “Marty Supreme” ($96 million) and this summer’s “Backrooms” ($197 million).
The film has not yet been released internationally, with a staggered rollout beginning at the end of November. To break the worldwide records held by “Fahrenheit 9/11” ($222 million globally) and “March of the Penguins” ($127 million globally), the film must resonate with foreign audiences.
