You Can See Everything documentary stuns with huge box office debut — SkimNews
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- A24's "You Can See Everything" earned $15 million (£11.25m) on its opening weekend across a limited run of 855 screens in the US and Canada.
- Deadline ranked it "easily the second best opening ever for a documentary at the box office," behind only Michael Moore's 2004 "Fahrenheit 9/11."
- The film placed second at the weekend box office behind Paramount's "Street Fighter," which opened to $31 million domestically and $51.1 million globally.
- It set the largest debut for any film playing on under 1,000 screens since "Borat" opened to $26 million in 2006.
- Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim co-directed the film, which follows Holmes at her home in 2023 during the 34 days before she began an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her medical testing company Theranos.
- The Guardian and Financial Times each awarded the film five stars, and it is already being discussed as a best documentary feature Oscar contender — though no documentary has ever been nominated for the main prize of best picture.
Why it matters: A24's $15 million opening on just 855 screens — enough to place second at the domestic box office behind Street Fighter — validates the studio's strategy of pairing provocative subjects with prestige filmmakers. With five-star reviews from The Guardian and Financial Times and immediate Oscar buzz building, the film is positioned to extend its theatrical run far beyond a typical documentary's limited release window, recouping the costs of its secretive three-year production.
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