From TechCrunch · Anthony Ha · · 1m 20s
Holmes documentary breaks box office records
You Can See Everything opens to 15 million dollars, the second biggest documentary opening ever, with near-perfect reviews.
In brief
You Can See Everything opens to 15 million dollars, the second biggest documentary opening ever, with near-perfect reviews. The Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything earned fifteen million dollars in its opening weekend, the second largest ever for a documentary film. Originally reported by TechCrunch.
Documentary opens to fifteen million dollars
You Can See Everything earned fifteen million dollars in its opening weekend, making it the second biggest opening ever for a documentary film.
Limited release with massive demand
The nearly three-hour film played in only eight hundred fifty-five theaters this weekend but had reported two thousand sellout screenings across the country.
Critics give it near-perfect scores
You Can See Everything currently has a score of ninety-nine percent on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, with reviews overwhelmingly positive.
Nathan Fielder directs Holmes story
The Rehearsal creator Nathan Fielder co-directed the film with Lance Oppenheim after gaining extensive access to Holmes and her family before she went to jail.
Holmes sentenced to eleven years
The documentary tells how Elizabeth Holmes founded blood-testing startup Theranos, attracted Silicon Valley support, then was sentenced to eleven years in prison for defrauding investors.
Other tech films struggle at box office
Aaron Sorkin's Social Network follow-up The Social Reckoning opened to five point five million dollars and fell out of the top ten.
The essence
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything earned fifteen million dollars in its opening weekend, the second largest ever for a documentary film.
