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A24’s You Can See Everything Becomes a Documentary Box‑Office Breakout

Strong theater expansion and surprise festival secrecy have pushed the three‑hour film into the upper ranks of non‑music documentaries and intensified awards and ethics conversations.

Overview

  • Industry tallies reported on Sunday that You Can See Everything increased to roughly 2,655 theaters and earned $19.5 million in its second weekend, lifting domestic receipts into the multiple‑tens of millions.
  • The film opened in a limited release before expanding wide, and box‑office trackers place its cumulative domestic gross at about $45 million, moving it into the top ranks of all‑time non‑music documentary earners.
  • Directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim filmed with unusually embedded access to Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans in the weeks before Holmes went to prison, then reshaped that material into a formally experimental three‑hour film.
  • Fielder negotiated a contractual 'kill switch' with A24 that let the filmmakers abandon the project if no new angle emerged, and the film was made on a reported modest budget, increasing its profit potential.
  • Amanda Seyfried appears in the film’s second half and participates in reenactments and on‑camera responses, and critics have praised the movie while debate grows over documentary methods, subject agency, and awards prospects.