You Can See Everything Reaches $80 Million at Box Office

The documentary "You Can See Everything" has climbed to $80 million in North America after four weekends in theaters, positioning itself as a major box office hit for A24. Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the nearly three-hour feature follows Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes as she prepares for an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.

Over the most recent weekend, the film brought in $8.8 million across 2,473 theaters, experiencing a minimal 23% drop from the previous frame. With its current total, the movie stands as the second-highest-grossing non-music documentary in North America, surpassing the 2005 release "March of the Penguins," which grossed $77 million. Michael Moore’s 2005 film "Fahrenheit 9/11" remains the top-ranking non-music documentary with $119 million domestically.

Industry analysts have praised the film's unexpected theatrical performance. "'You Can See Everything' has really broken the rules of how a documentary can perform at the box office," said Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends, noting that the project has defied typical box office expectations and captured audience imagination week after week.

The project debuted with a surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and opened to $15 million in mid-October. Despite prior dramatic adaptations of Holmes' downfall—including the Hulu series "The Dropout" and Alex Gibney’s documentary "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley"—this feature generated intense anticipation, partly due to the secrecy surrounding its production until a month before its theatrical release.

The documentary's commercial success has allowed it to outgross several major fall releases that benefited from multi-million-dollar marketing campaigns, such as the Robert Pattinson-starrer "Primetime," the DC comic book adaptation "Clayface," and the Brad Pitt thriller "Heart of the Beast." Operating on a modest $7 million production budget, the film has already secured significant profitability for A24.

For the indie studio, the movie now ranks as its third-biggest domestic release ever, sitting behind the summer release "Backrooms" at $197 million and "Marty Supreme" at $96 million, while edging out "Everything Everywhere All at Once." While international release dates are scheduled to begin rolling out at the end of November, industry observers note that foreign box office results will determine whether the film can challenge global documentary records currently led by "Fahrenheit 9/11."