Everyone is seeing "You Can See Everything."
The new documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has stunned the domestic box office with a $15 million opening weekend, according to Rentrak estimates. It was a shockingly large haul for a three-hour documentary, especially one that was playing on fewer than 1,000 screens in the United States.
In fact, discounting music documentaries like "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," the film had the second biggest opening weekend for a documentary in domestic box office history, according to Deadline. The only nonmusic documentary that had a bigger debut was Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which opened with $23.9 million in 2004.
For comparison, this year's controversial Melania Trump documentary
"Melania" had a $7 million opening, which was considered a strong showing. It went on to gross $16 million domestically. The "You Can See Everything" opening also topped the debuts of recent films like "The Social Reckoning" ($5 million) and "Digger" ($8 million).
"You Can See Everything" claimed the No. 2 spot on the weekend box office chart, coming in behind the video game adaptation "Street Fighter," which debuted with $31 million.
From Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, "You Can See Everything" follows Holmes in the 34 days before she goes to prison in 2023. Holmes founded Theranos, which claimed to have invented breakthrough technology that could run hundreds of medical tests using only a few drops of blood. The company dissolved in 2018 after investigators found the technology didn't work, and Holmes was convicted of conspiracy to defraud investors and wire fraud. Theranos COO Sunny Balwani was also convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud.
Holmes is scheduled to be released from prison in 2030.
Throughout "You Can See Everything," Holmes maintains her innocence and claims she never lied about Theranos' blood testing technology. Fielder, known for projects like HBO's "The Rehearsal," where he adopts a comedic persona while interacting with real people, is invited to live with Holmes and her fiancé, Billy Evans, so he can document their every move. The pair promise to be fully transparent to prove they have nothing to hide, but Fielder is skeptical from the start and soon suspects they are not telling him everything.
"You Can See Everything" was made in secret: Even though filming began in 2023, the project wasn't publicly announced until September, when it was unveiled at a secret screening at the Telluride Film Festival. At the same time, a teaser was released that quickly went viral: Accompanied by eerie music, the trailer showed Fielder locking eyes with Holmes as he tried to determine whether she was lying to him.
Reviews for "You Can See Everything" have been through the roof, with critics hailing it as one of the best films of 2026. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a near-perfect approval rating from critics and audiences; Letterboxd users have given it a staggering average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars.
The raves have given the film plenty of momentum heading into Oscar season, and some experts predict it will make history as the first documentary ever to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards.
Neither Holmes nor Evans has spoken out about the movie since its release. But an Oct. 5 post on Holmes' X account read, "I really don't think you are ready for this doc."
In an All-in Podcast appearance, released Oct. 14, Evans said he and Holmes agreed to participate in the film "to have people see who she is," but he noted, "I haven't seen it yet. I mean, I might think this is the dumbest thing I've ever done."
Contributing: Patrick Ryan
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Elizabeth Holmes doc 'You Can See Everything' stuns at box office
