You Can See Everything Opens: Fielder's Holmes Doc Hits Theaters

You Can See Everything, the Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, hits theaters today, and the early numbers suggest it could make documentary box office history. According to Deadline, the A24 release pulled in around two million dollars from Thursday previews alone, a startling figure for a nearly three-hour nonfiction film about a convicted fraudster.

A Doc Opening Like a Blockbuster

The film arrives in roughly eight hundred theaters, per Gold Derby's weekend preview, with tracking between seven and twelve million dollars. Deadline reports that early expectations sat in the high single digits, but confidence has swelled that it can clear ten million. That would beat the record set earlier this year by Melania, which opened to seven point one million dollars and held the best debut for a non-music documentary in more than a decade.

Here is the wild part: You Can See Everything is doing it on far fewer screens than Melania used, and without a franchise or a famous cast. Deadline notes the movie was shot over four years and cost less than ten million dollars to make, with a marketing budget that was also under ten million. For an indie label, that is a very efficient bet.

What the Film Is Actually About

The setup is simple, and the execution reportedly is not. According to ABC News, the film opens thirty-four days before Holmes reports to prison, when she and her partner, Billy Evans, invite a film crew into their home to document their lives with their two young children. Fielder, the comedian behind Nathan for You and The Rehearsal, eventually moves in with the couple.

After Holmes starts serving her sentence, Fielder keeps filming with Evans and stays in touch with her through twenty twenty-five, ABC News reports. A24's official synopsis calls it an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon that becomes a mind-bending three-year journey. Critics have been unusually protective of the details, and the filmmakers have urged audiences not to spoil the twists.

Holmes was found guilty in January twenty twenty-two of four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud against investors who poured millions into Theranos. In a trailer released last month, Fielder asks whether she really feels she did nothing wrong. "I did not," Holmes answers, as quoted by ABC News.

Critics Are Basically Losing Their Minds

The reviews are almost absurdly strong. Gold Derby says the documentary holds a perfect one hundred percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a score in the high nineties on Metacritic, which signals universal acclaim. The Guardian called it a modern masterpiece of deceit, while the Los Angeles Times described it as a mesmerizing showdown between two of the most unusual personalities in pop culture.

That praise has turned into awards chatter. Gold Derby reports that A24 is campaigning the film for Best Picture, a category where no documentary has ever earned a nomination. The site also ranks it third in its early Best Documentary Feature odds, behind Naza and Once Upon a Time in Harlem. Whether the Academy bites is a long way off, but the conversation alone is a big deal for a nonfiction film.

The Holmes Family Weighs In

Evans has been doing press ahead of the release. Speaking on the All-In podcast in an episode released Thursday, he said the point was never to win anyone over. "So the whole idea was here she is. See her and make up your own mind," Evans said, according to ABC News. He also admitted he had not seen the finished film and added that he might think it was "the dumbest thing I've ever done."

He described how the couple's children, a five-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter, visit Holmes weekly, and said the family tells them the truth even when it is uncomfortable. Evans also called Holmes's decision not to speak publicly during her trial the biggest mistake she ever made.

Where Holmes Stands Now

Her sentence was originally just over eleven years, but it has since been trimmed to ten years and three months. ABC News reports she has been approved to move to a halfway house in August twenty twenty-seven, with a scheduled release date of February twenty-second, twenty thirty, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

No streaming date has been announced, so the theater is the only place to see You Can See Everything for now. At roughly two hours and fifty-five minutes, it is a commitment, but the early buzz suggests plenty of people are willing to make it. If you are into true crime, internet culture, or just want to see a comedian go toe to toe with one of the most scrutinized founders ever, this weekend's box office will show how big that crowd really is. For more culture coverage, browse our movies section.