The box office is seeing something documentaries rarely manage: the nearly three-hour You Can See Everything sold more tickets in its second weekend than in its first, earning $19.5 million. Released by A24 after a surprise screening, it has become one of the most talked-about documentary events of recent years.
What the film is about
Directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim follow Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes through her last days before beginning a federal prison sentence. The film runs close to three hours and, rather than a conventional documentary edit, keeps questioning its own way of telling the story. That is where the “meta-documentary” label comes from.
The box-office numbers
The film first met an audience in a surprise screening at Telluride on September 6, 2026, and reached cinemas on October 16. It opened in second place with $15.6 million, the second-best opening ever recorded for a non-musical documentary, behind the $23.9 million of Fahrenheit 9/11. In its second weekend the theater count rose to 2,666, ticket sales climbed 28 percent and the take reached $19.5 million. The reported domestic total is about $45 million against a budget of only $7 million.
What critics say
The film holds a very high positive rating of 98 percent on the critics aggregator. That figure and the second-weekend rise suggest it is growing through word of mouth.
Effect on awards season
The studio is reported to plan a Best Picture campaign for the film, an unusual goal for a documentary. International release is slower, and its global total sits well below the $222 million worldwide haul of Fahrenheit 9/11.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the film? About three hours.
Who directs? Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
What was its budget? About $7 million.
When did it open? October 16, 2026; first shown on September 6 at Telluride.
Note: figures are rounded as reported and may change.
