A24's documentary sensation You Can See Everything is making headlines again, but this time it's not for its record-breaking box office haul. The film, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has been pulled from nearly 1,400 theaters across the U.S., marking a significant contraction in its theatrical footprint.
The three-hour deep dive into the life of disgraced tech founder Elizabeth Holmes has been a phenomenon since its limited debut. It opened in just eight theaters with one of the best per-screen averages of the year, then expanded to 2,655 screens the following week and peaked at 3,243 screens the week after that. Now, a month into its run, it's playing in roughly 1,845 theaters—a drop of about 1,400 from its widest release.
Despite the shrinking theater count, the film is still performing strongly at the box office. It has grossed $80 million domestically and is making a serious push toward the $100 million milestone. If it gets there, it would become only the second non-nature documentary ever to cross that threshold, joining Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, which earned $119 million in 2004. It has already surpassed the lifetime gross of March of the Penguins.
The film's critical and audience reception has been stellar. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 96% critics' score and a 95% audience score, both certified. The consensus praises Fielder's "ironclad commitment to the bit" and calls the film "an inscrutable Rorschach test of Elizabeth Holmes' psyche that's as absorbing as it is haunting."
Interestingly, A24 has been slow to roll out You Can See Everything internationally, even as global audiences clamor for it. The studio took a similar approach with Primetime, another Oppenheim-directed film starring Robert Pattinson, which was released on digital before opening in most overseas markets. That film ended its domestic run with just under $50 million. It seems A24 is waiting for awards season buzz to build before expanding You Can See Everything worldwide.
As the film continues its domestic run, it's also generating awards chatter, with many predicting a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. The documentary's unique approach—following Holmes in the month before her incarceration for fraud, as she invites Fielder and his crew to live with her and her husband—has captivated audiences and critics alike.
For more on the film's box office trajectory, check out our earlier coverage of its previous theater decline. And if you're curious about other box office stories, we've also covered Tom Cruise's latest flop and Taika Waititi's quick exit.
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