A24’s 3-Hour Viral Sensation Is Officially Becoming a Box Office Monster
A24’s documentary You Can See Everything earned about $20 million in its second weekend, nearly reaching the top of the US box office chart. Its strong performance matters because the film has reached roughly $45 million domestically, an unusually high total for a documentary.
Co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the three-hour film follows Elizabeth Holmes in the days before she begins serving her fraud sentence. It opened in just over 800 cinemas with $15 million, then expanded to more than 2,650; it has a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, while Fahrenheit 9/11 remains the highest-grossing traditional documentary, with $222 million worldwide.
In short
- You Can See Everything has taken about $45 million domestically.
- The documentary earned around $20 million in its second weekend.
- It expanded from just over 800 cinemas to more than 2,650.
Explained simply
Theranos was a health technology company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, who claimed its devices could run many medical tests from a small amount of blood. The company’s claims were found to be misleading, and Holmes was convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison.
The film is co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim and follows Holmes shortly before she begins her sentence. At three hours long, it centres on a figure and company that became widely known through the debate over start-up ambition, medical testing and corporate accountability.
Documentaries generally earn less at cinemas than major fictional releases, so strong ticket sales can make a film notable in its own right. The comparison often used is Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, which remains the highest-grossing traditional documentary worldwide.
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