“You Can See Everything,” a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has accumulated $80 million in North American box office revenue following four weekends of theatrical release. The film collected $8.8 million during its most recent weekend from 2,473 theaters, representing a 23% decline from the previous frame.
The documentary now ranks as the second-highest-grossing non-music documentary in North American history, surpassing 2005’s “March of the Penguins” at $77 million but trailing Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” at $119 million. Industry analysts note the film’s performance has defied typical box office patterns for documentaries, with audiences returning to theaters multiple times to engage with the subject matter.
The project, which remains unreleased internationally with a staggered rollout beginning at the end of November, has outperformed several major studio releases with significantly larger marketing budgets. The film currently ranks as A24’s third-largest domestic release, behind “Backrooms” at $197 million and “Marty Supreme” at $96 million. With a production budget of $7 million, the documentary is tracking toward substantial profitability for the distributor.
The film’s commercial success comes despite—or perhaps because of—extensive prior media coverage of the Holmes case, including the Hulu series “The Dropout” and Alex Gibney’s documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.” The three-hour documentary explores Holmes’ preparation for an 11-year prison sentence following her conviction on fraud charges related to her health technology company.
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