The film’s success is a statistical anomaly, particularly when measured against the 3,575-theater reach of the weekend’s top-grossing feature, Street Fighter. Co-directed by Lance Oppenheim and The Rehearsal creator Nathan Fielder, the documentary benefits from rare, intimate access to Holmes and her family. Critics have already embraced the project, awarding it a near-perfect 99% rating on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
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Theranos Documentary You Can See Everything Defies Box Office Odds
With $15 million pulled in over its opening weekend, You Can See Everything has secured the second-biggest documentary launch in history. Despite a limited release in only 855 theaters, the film—which chronicles the final weeks before Elizabeth Holmes entered prison—is selling out across the country.
This fervor for the Theranos saga appears to be cannibalizing the market for other tech-focused projects. While Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning struggled to maintain momentum and Alex Gibney’s four-hour Musk documentary stalled with a meager $306,702 intake, audiences remain fixated on Fielder’s surreal, metatextual portrait of Holmes. For those attempting to catch a screening, the scarcity of available seats in major cities like Manhattan suggests that demand will continue to outpace the current distribution footprint.
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