'You Can See Everything' Becomes Second-Highest Grossing Non-Music Documentary in North America
A24’s Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim-directed film crosses $80 million USD domestically, surpassing ‘March of the Penguins’.
by Joyce Li · HypebeastSummary
A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary 'You Can See Everything' has reached 80 million USD at the domestic box office
Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim the film is now the second-biggest non-music documentary in North American history
The production is currently screening in theaters nationwide ahead of a staggered international rollout starting in late November
Independent entertainment studio A24 has achieved a historic milestone with You Can See Everything, as the Elizabeth Holmes documentary crossed $80 million USD at the North American box office after four weekends in release. Directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the nearly three-hour project now stands as the second-highest grossing non-music documentary in domestic box office history.
In its fourth weekend, the film brought in $8.8 million USD across 2,473 theaters—a slight 23 percent drop—surpassing 2005’s March of the Penguins ($77 million USD) while trailing only Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 ($119 million USD). Filmed over three years, the documentary chronicles Holmes as she prepares for her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, leveraging Fielder’s signature comedic awkwardness to pack theaters against a modest $7 million USD production budget.
The runaway performance marks A24’s third-highest domestic release of all time, passing Everything Everywhere All at Once ($77 million USD) and sitting behind Marty Supreme ($96 million USD) and Backrooms ($197 million USD). The documentary has outgrossed heavily marketed studio titles including DC’s Clayface and Brad Pitt’s Heart of the Beast, defying conventional commercial trends across the fall theatrical corridor.
You Can See Everything is currently playing in theaters across North America, with a staggered international rollout scheduled to begin in late November.