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The Elizabeth Holmes documentary is crushing it at the box office. See how much it's made so far.
By Extra Extra Editorial
Cross-spectrum analysis, synthesized with AI from 7 sources · Updated
A documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, has emerged as an unexpected commercial success at the box office, generating approximately $15 million in its opening weekend. The film, titled "You Can See Everything," marks a significant shift in how the Holmes story is being consumed—moving from courtroom proceedings and investigative journalism into mainstream theatrical release. The documentary's strong performance suggests sustained public interest in the Holmes saga despite her conviction and imprisonment.
Left-leaning outlets emphasize the documentary's commercial triumph as a cultural moment, treating the box office numbers as the primary news hook while contextualizing Holmes within a broader narrative about corporate fraud and its human consequences. These sources frame the film's success as validation of public interest in accountability stories and the exposure of deception in Silicon Valley.
Center outlets adopt a more informational approach, providing guidance on what viewers should understand before seeing the film and positioning the documentary as a significant cultural event worthy of preparation and context. These sources balance the commercial success with substantive analysis of the film's content and its role in the Holmes narrative.
Right-leaning sources pivot away from box office metrics entirely, instead focusing on questions about the filmmakers' relationship with their subject and potential ethical concerns about how the story is being told. This framing emphasizes scrutiny of the documentary's production choices rather than celebrating its commercial performance.
Key Differences
- Left outlets lead with box office success and financial metrics; right outlets shift focus to filmmaker ethics and editorial judgment
- Center sources provide pre-viewing context and analysis; left sources emphasize cultural significance; right sources question narrative construction
- Left and center coverage treats the film's performance as newsworthy in itself; right coverage treats the film as a vehicle for examining broader questions about documentary responsibility
How this story is being covered
Extra Extra has grouped 7 reports on this story from 7 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 3 left-leaning, 2 center, and 2 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 98 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 6 of the 7 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 1 outlet fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
This story has been covered over the span of about 2 days, making it a longer-running thread rather than a single news flash.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Business Insider, Salon, The Philadelphia Inquirer, STAT News, Forbes, RealClearPolitics, The Free Press.
Left(3)
Business InsiderBOct 18, 5:56 PM
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary is crushing it at the box office. See how much it's made so far.
Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder have a hit with their new film, "You Can See Everything." Cindy Ord/Getty Images for FLC Nathan Fielder's documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is a b
SalonCOct 17, 4:00 PM
“You Can See Everything” and the tragedy of Elizabeth Holmes
Nathan Fielder's remarkable documentary contextualizes fact with fiction to reach sad, vital truths
The Philadelphia InquirerAOct 18, 7:56 PM
Box Office: Elizabeth Holmes movie ‘You Can See Everything’ is now a hit in theaters too
Paramount's “Street Fighter” leads the box office this weekend, earning $31 million from 3,575 theaters in the U.S. and Canada
Center(2)
STAT NewsAOct 16, 12:34 PM
What to read before you go see that new documentary on Elizabeth Holmes
Ahead of "You Can See Everything" hitting theaters, let's rewind the last decade and review some of the most significant news tied to Elizabeth Holmes, who was convicted in 2022…
ForbesBOct 18, 4:27 PM
‘You Can See Everything’ Becomes Surprise Box Office Hit With $15 Million Opening
The documentary about the Theranos founder in the days before she reported to federal prison only opened at less than 1,000 theaters.
Right(2)
RealClearPoliticsBOct 18, 3:34 PM
Did Nathan Fielder Get Too Close to Elizabeth Holmes?
The existence of Fielder's documentary was an extraordinarily well-kept secret until just last month, when the deeply unsettling trailer was released.
The Free PressBOct 16, 9:36 PM
Did Nathan Fielder Get Too Close to Elizabeth Holmes?
Is the girlboss-turned-felon pathologically guileless, or the world’s most ruthless, consummate manipulator? A new documentary attempts to find out, writes Kat Rosenfield.
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