Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything’ scores the second-biggest documentary opening ever—nearly doubling Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’
Source: Fortune ·
The A24 film from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim grossed $15 million in just 855 theaters, trailing only ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ among documentary debuts.
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“You Can See Everything,” the buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, grossed an estimated $15 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend, according to Sunday estimates. A24 released the film in just 855 theaters across the U.S. and Canada, earning an average of about $17,544 per theater and securing a rarefied place among hit theatrical documentaries. That’s the second-biggest opening ever for a documentary, behind only Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which debuted to $23.9 million on 868 screens in 2004. A24 said more than 2,000 screenings sold out over the weekend, and the opening was roughly double the $7 million to $8 million Variety had projected. The movie ranked second at the weekend box office behind Paramount and Legendary’s “Street Fighter,” which grossed $31 million. “Street Fighter,” however, opened wide across 3,575 theaters, averaging just $8,671 per location—less than half of what “You Can See Everything” pulled in…