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You Can See Everything Debuts Strong at Box Office
Confirmed
In Short: The documentary 'You Can See Everything,' which follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct health technology company Theranos, before she began her 11-year prison sentence, has made a strong debut at the box office.
Ticket sales amounted to $15 million (£11.25m) despite being shown at only 855 screens across the US and Canada, securing the largest debut for any film playing on under 1,000 screens since 2006's 'Borat.'
The film, co-directed by comedian Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, placed second at the box office behind Paramount's 'Street Fighter,' which grossed $31 million in North America and $51.1 million globally.
Fielder, known for shows like 'The Rehearsal' and 'The Curse,' places himself inside the action, blurring the lines between documentary, social experiment, and prank show.
The film's critical reception has been overwhelmingly positive, with reviews at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and audiences at 98%. Over 70% of the audience was under 25 years old.
The Guardian awarded the film five stars, calling it 'a modern masterpiece of deceit,' while The New York Times noted how it sees Holmes and Fielder 'joust in a dizzying movie about truth, reality and the contours of knowledge.'
The documentary's viral marketing campaign and glowing reviews from critics since its surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival contributed to its success, with more than 2,000 sold-out screenings over the weekend.
However, according to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures, which holds distribution rights to the film outside the North American market, is reportedly getting 'cold feet' about releasing it.
What this adds
Awareness for 'You Can See Everything' stands at 102M, outpacing other indie dramas by 40%. 'Street Fighter' has garnered mixed reviews, with critics praising the fight choreography and visuals but questioning its narrative coherence.
Background
You Can See Everything is a 2026 American documentary film directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. It follows Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the defunct health technology company Theranos, and her partner Billy Evans, who invite a film crew to document them beginning in the weeks before Holmes began serving a United States federal prison sentence for defrauding investors.
What's confirmed
- The film, co-directed by comedian Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, placed second at the box office behind Paramount's 'Street Fighter,' which grossed $31 million in North America and $51.1 million globally.
- Fielder, known for shows like 'The Rehearsal' and 'The Curse,' places himself inside the action, blurring the lines between documentary, social experiment, and prank show.
- The film's critical reception has been overwhelmingly positive, with reviews at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and audiences at 98%. Over 70% of the audience was under 25 years old.
- The documentary's viral marketing campaign and glowing reviews from critics since its surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival contributed to its success, with more than 2,000 sold-out screenings over the weekend.
- However, according to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures, which holds distribution rights to the film outside the North American market, is reportedly getting 'cold feet' about releasing it.
What's still developing
- It finds Holmes at her home in 2023 during the month before she began an 11-year prison sentence.
- US publication Deadline has described it as "easily the second best opening ever for a documentary at the box office after 2004s Fahrenheit 9/11", Michael Moore's movie about the US's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- The Guardian awarded the film five stars, external, calling it "a modern masterpiece of deceit", stressing how "TV's grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family".
- It went viral and launched many online memes of Holmes unblinkingly asking Fielder: "Why would I deceive you?"
- Remarkable for a documentary - that isn't based on a live music event - produced in secret over three years which no-one really knew about until recently.
- That wasn’t lost this weekend with 70% under 25 showing up.
- A24's documentary You Can See Everything has surpassed the opening day collection of Melania.
- The story of Holmes and Theranos has been told many times before: investigative journalist John Carreyrou’s book “Bad Blood,” documentarian Alex Gibney’s 2019 film The Inventor, and Elizabeth Meriwether’s Hulu series The Dropout, in which Amanda Seyfried won an Emmy for portraying Holmes.
- Rentrak reported total weekend box office amounted to $103.9m from 35 films as year-to-date reached $8.2bn to track just shy of 20% ahead of the comparable number in 2025.
- Aaron Sorkin’s “Social Network” follow-up “The Social Reckoning” opened to a disappointing $5.5 million last weekend, and has already fallen entirely out of the top 10.
- The documentary begins shortly before Holmes was due to report to federal prison following her conviction for fraud-related charges connected to Theranos.
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