The Elizabeth Holmes documentary
You Can See Everything earned a massive $15 million in its opening weekend across 855 screens.
Box Office and Release Details
* Box Office Gross: The nearly three-hour film brought in $15 million from Friday through Sunday, securing the #2 spot at the domestic box office behind Paramount's Street Fighter ($31 million).
* Screen Count & Sellouts: Distributed by A24, the movie played on just 855 screens and drove over 2,000 sold-out shows.
* Historical Records: It achieved the second-largest opening weekend for a non-music documentary in domestic box office history, trailing only Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 ($23.9 million in 2004).
* Audience & Demographics: Over 70% of the opening weekend audience was under the age of 35.
Production and Subject Matter
* Filmmakers: Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the project was produced in secret over a three-year span.
* Premise: Fielder spent over a month intimately filming Elizabeth Holmes, her partner Billy Evans, and their two children in the weeks leading up to her 2023 surrender to federal prison for defrauding investors with Theranos.
* Critical Reception: The film holds a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes and generated massive social media and cultural discussion.
Links:
* ABC News Article: https://abcnews.com
* Variety Article: https://variety.com