Overview
- The A24 documentary widened from 855 to about 2,655 theaters and earned $19.5 million in its second weekend, lifting its domestic total to roughly $45.1 million and making it one of this year’s biggest nonfiction box‑office performers.
- Directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim built the film around unusually intimate, embedded access to Elizabeth Holmes in 2023 and later layered staged reenactments and a visible filmmaker presence to blur documentary form.
- Amanda Seyfried appears as herself and performs reenactments of Holmes, and A24 is submitting her for awards consideration, an unusual campaign that has intensified awards‑season buzz.
- Filmmakers have disclosed production details that include a pre‑shoot 'kill switch' with A24 and a director’s account that Holmes’s partner Billy Evans volunteered to be filmed nude, while reporting has also raised questions about an alleged profit‑share deal tied to access.
- The film, produced for about $7 million, is moving to international festivals including IDFA, Stockholm and Torino and is likely to shape debates about documentary ethics, subject consent and how nonfiction films are campaigned for awards.