Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Doc Breaks Documentary Box Office Records

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's nearly three-hour documentary on disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has shattered expectations at the box office, grossing $15 million in the US and Canada during its opening weekend — the best debut for a documentary in 2025. The film, distributed by A24 and titled 'You Can See Everything,' more than doubled the previous high-water mark set by 'Melania,' which pulled in $7.1 million earlier in the year.

Critical and audience reception has been equally explosive. The film sits at a near-perfect 99% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, with regular audiences matching at 98% — a rare alignment that suggests broad, crossover appeal well beyond the documentary faithful.

The film revisits the Holmes saga with reportedly fresh and revelatory material. Holmes, whose blood-testing startup Theranos was once valued at $9 billion on the promise that a single finger-prick could run hundreds of medical tests, was ultimately exposed for secretly using conventional, expensive lab equipment to process those tests. The scandal unraveled publicly after a Wall Street Journal investigation by journalist John Carreyrou, leading to criminal charges and an 11-year federal prison sentence for Holmes.

Viewers who have seen the film describe it as unexpectedly funny alongside its more shocking revelations — a tonal mix that sets it apart from previous Holmes-focused content like the Hulu series 'The Dropout.' The film is being called twisty and surprising even for audiences already deeply familiar with the Theranos story.