Nathan Fielder's $7 Million Holmes Doc Has Made Nearly $80 Million

Only 'Fahrenheit 9/11' has earned more among non-music docs in North America, and the film just swept its five Critics Choice nominations.

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim made their Elizabeth Holmes documentary for $7 million. Four weekends into its run, it has sold nearly $80 million in tickets in North America.

“You Can See Everything” took in $8.8 million from 2,473 theaters over the weekend, only 23% less than the weekend before, Variety reported Sunday. That moves the A24 release past “March of the Penguins” ($77 million). Among non-music documentaries in North America, only Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” ($119 million) has earned more.

IndieWire counts $79.8 million so far, enough to make it A24’s third-biggest domestic release. Only this summer’s “Backrooms” ($197 million) and “Marty Supreme” ($96 million) have done better for the studio, and the best picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” ($77 million) now trails it. IndieWire also reported that the success has made Fielder and Oppenheim a duo in high demand.

It’s also ahead of several fall studio releases that, according to Variety, leaned on marketing campaigns that ran for months and cost millions. Those include “Verity” with Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson ($75 million) and DC’s “Clayface” ($56 million). The one that has to sting is “Primetime,” Oppenheim’s own scripted drama, with Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen of “To Catch a Predator.” It’s at $46 million, beaten by its director’s side project.

On Sunday night, the film also won every Critics Choice Documentary Award it was up for, Deadline reported. The top feature prize and a shared directing trophy for Fielder and Oppenheim were two of them. The other three went to crew: David Bolen for cinematography, Adam Locke-Norton for editing and Ari Balouzian for the score.

Nobody was supposed to need another Holmes story. Hulu’s “The Dropout” and Alex Gibney’s “The Inventor” had already covered the Theranos founder’s rise and fall. This one runs nearly three hours and opens as Holmes gets ready to begin an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.

Variety reported that nobody knew the project existed until about a month before it reached theaters, and that many viewers have gone back to see it again since its surprise Telluride Film Festival premiere and a $15 million opening in mid-October. “It has defied box office gravity week after week,” Paul Dergarabedian, who tracks marketplace trends, told Variety.

The documentary record comes with an asterisk. IndieWire pointed out that concert films sit well above it: “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” earned $267.1 million and “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” earned $268 million. The awards come with their own caution, too. TheWrap noted that across the Critics Choice documentary prize’s first 10 years, its winner went on to win the Oscar only twice.

The next test is abroad. Variety reported that the film begins opening overseas in stages at the end of November. “Fahrenheit 9/11” earned $103 million outside North America on its way to $222 million worldwide, and that’s the record standing in the way.

Source: Variety, retrieved November 9, 2026. Other sources: IndieWire, Deadline, TheWrap.