Elizabeth Holmes movie starring Nathan Fielder
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The gist
Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary grossed $15 million from 855 U.S. theaters in its opening weekend.
The film, made largely in secret over four years, is Letterboxd's top-rated feature.
Background
Elizabeth Holmes founded the blood-testing startup Theranos at 19 and became a celebrated Silicon Valley entrepreneur by claiming its technology could run a wide range of medical tests on a small amount of blood; she is now imprisoned for fraud. Nathan Fielder, the comedian and filmmaker known for The Rehearsal, co-directed You Can See Everything with filmmaker Lance Oppenheim and appears on camera. The film follows Holmes with her partner Billy Evans and their two children in the month before her prison sentence began, and it drew notice at Telluride in part because it views Holmes through Fielder's eyes.
How it unfolded
- 2025Holmes told People that Evans and their children visit her in prison twice a week.
- Sep 2026You Can See Everything premiered as a surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival.
- Oct 18, 2026The film grossed $15 million from 855 U.S. theaters in its opening weekend, far above expectations of $7-8 million, and stood as Letterboxd's highest-rated feature with a 4.8/5 average from 144,673 reviews.
- Oct 20, 2026The WSJ reported the film sold out more than 3,000 screenings, the strongest opening weekend for a non-concert documentary since Fahrenheit 9/11.
- Oct 21, 2026The Brooklyn Eagle reported the Elizabeth Holmes movie is now a hit in theaters too.
Who’s saying what
- Analysts
- The WSJ framed the $15 million opening in 855 theaters as the strongest for a non-concert documentary since Fahrenheit 9/11.
- Caution
- Whistleblower Tyler Schultz told CBS News that the machine Holmes showed Fielder as the Theranos device was not the device he recalls.
Still unverified
Tyler Schultz, a whistleblower in the Theranos case, told CBS News that the machine Holmes showed Fielder as the Theranos device is not the device he recalls. Letterboxd's overall rating may fluctuate as more reviews are added, and the New York Times noted its podcast transcript may contain errors.