You Can See Everything (2026) — The Elizabeth Holmes Documentary That Became a Box Office Phenomenon

A three-hour documentary about a convicted fraudster was never supposed to be one of the biggest box office stories of the year. Yet You Can See Everything, A24's film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has done exactly that — and it is still climbing.

Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the documentary opened in US theaters on October 16, 2026, after a secret premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6. It follows Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, during the final 34 days before she reported to federal prison in May 2023 to serve an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors. Holmes and Evans themselves invited the filmmakers in, hoping the film would clear her name. What they got instead was something far stranger — and far more honest.

Fielder, best known for his awkward, deadpan comedy, puts himself in the middle of the film, and that choice is what makes it work. The documentary is funny, uncomfortable, and quietly devastating, sometimes all in the same scene. Critics have called it one of the year's most provocative films, and audiences clearly agree: it has become a genuine cultural phenomenon, spawning parodies, essays, and endless debate about truth, manipulation, and the ethics of turning a real person's life into entertainment.

The numbers tell the story. Made for a reported budget of only $7 million, the film opened to about $15 million in its first weekend. In its third weekend it climbed to No. 1 at the North American box office, and by its fourth weekend it had passed $80 million domestically. That makes it the second-highest grossing non-music documentary in North American history, passing March of the Penguins ($77 million) and trailing only Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 ($119 million). It is also A24's third-highest grossing domestic release ever. Trade publication Variety has forecast that the film could pass $100 million domestically — a forecast, not a result — and the international rollout only begins in late November.

The film is not without controversy. A profit-sharing arrangement between the filmmakers and Holmes and Evans became part of the story itself, and the film's ending reports that the agreement was later changed and compensation was relinquished. It is exactly that kind of twist — real life refusing to behave like a script — that keeps viewers talking long after the credits roll.

At nearly three hours long, You Can See Everything asks a lot of its audience. But for a documentary to hold the No. 1 spot and outgross most studio releases on a $7 million budget, it must be doing something right. Whether you see Holmes as a villain, a victim of her own myth, or something in between, this is the movie everyone will be arguing about through awards season.

You Can See Everything is now playing in theaters across the United States.

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