Good newsDocumentary You Can See Everything Takes $19.5 Million in Second Weekend
A24’s documentary on Elizabeth Holmes grew 25% when it widened from 855 to 2,655 US theatres, finishing second to Clayface. After ten days it has taken $45.1 million, against a reported budget of $7 million.
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A three-hour documentary is outselling nearly everything in American cinemas. The A24 film You Can See Everything, about Elizabeth Holmes, took $19.5 million over the weekend of 23 to 25 October, according to estimates carried by the Associated Press. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim directed it. That put it second behind Warner Bros.’ Clayface, which made $24 million. After ten days the documentary has earned $45.1 million.
How it grew
The film opened on 855 screens. In its second weekend A24 widened the release to 2,655 theatres, and the weekend total rose 25% on the first, Rotten Tomatoes reports. The AP gives the reported budget as $7 million, so the film has already earned more than six times what it cost to make.
The film is also running long, at about three hours. Rotten Tomatoes says it is already in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries ever when concert films and long-running IMAX releases are counted. Leave those out and it ranks third, behind Fahrenheit 9/11 and March of the Penguins. The AP adds that the audience includes many Gen Z moviegoers.
Chart: GoodBad. Data from the Associated Press, studio estimates for 23–25 October 2026.
Screen for screen
The theatre counts allow a comparison. Clayface earned its $24 million in 3,458 theatres and the documentary $19.5 million in 2,655. By our arithmetic that is about $7,300 a theatre for the documentary and $6,900 for Clayface, so each documentary screen took slightly more. The superhero film cost $44 million to make, according to the AP, and the documentary a reported $7 million.
The rest of the chart
Laika’s Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, opened third with $11.8 million in 2,779 locations and an A CinemaScore. It cost $100 million, the AP says, so it has more to earn back. Paramount’s Paramount’s Street Fighter fell 72% in its second weekend to $8.6 million. Sony’s Klara and the Sun, directed by Taika Waititi, made $725,000 in 880 theatres.
What to watch
The weekend numbers are estimates, and final figures were due on Monday. The AP notes that the film could become the first documentary nominated for best picture at the Oscars, a possibility rather than a forecast. The next test is whether A24 keeps it on 2,655 screens and whether audiences keep paying for three hours of a true-fraud story.
