Elizabeth Holmes documentary opens with $15m in limited release

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 01:07 · Archive

The Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything earned $15m in its opening weekend from only 855 screens.

The Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything earned $15 million in its opening weekend from only 855 screens, achieving the biggest opening for a documentary in North America in over two decades. The film had more than 2,000 sold-out screenings and drew a largely younger audience, with more than 70 per cent of the opening weekend crowd under 35.

Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the nearly three-hour film was made in secret over three years. Fielder spent more than a month with Holmes and her family, including her two young children and her partner Billy Evans, in her final days before she reported to federal prison. The film currently has a score of 99 per cent on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.

You Can See Everything is the biggest opening for a documentary in North America since Fahrenheit 9/11 made nearly $24 million from 868 theaters in 2004. The film has not yet opened at the international box office, coming to Australia on 12 November and the UK on 20 November.

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• Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything debuts with huge $15m opening weekendNathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s buzzy film was shown on only 855 screens in the biggest documentary opening in North America since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004 Nathan Fielder’s nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything , has opened to an extraordinary $15m domestic box office, the biggest opening weekend for a documentary in North America in more than 20 years. You Can See Everything, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, made $15m (A$21.5m, £11.2m) from only 855 screens, and had more than 2,000 sold-out screenings at the weekend, according to the…The Guardian · 19 Oct, 00:06
• Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’"You Can See Everything" is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film.TechCrunch · 18 Oct, 20:03

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