Why You Can See Everything is gaining ground: a Wednesday box-office lead and sold-out UK screenings

You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder’s documentary featuring Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, took an estimated $2.3 million at the US domestic box office on Wednesday, October 21, according to Deadline. The result puts the three-hour film in the lead for the day as it prepares to reach more US theaters, while UK cinema chains report strong advance demand ahead of a November 20 release.

The Wednesday lead followed a change of places with Street Fighter: Deadline put Tuesday’s domestic takings at $2.6 million for You Can See Everything and $2.8 million for Street Fighter. Its Wednesday update estimated the documentary’s five-day domestic total at $23.1 million.

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That opening drew attention to an unusual box-office prospect: a three-hour documentary competing with wide-release fiction films. Deadline said its first weekend exceeded an earlier forecast in the high single-digit millions. The film is directed by Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, and Deadline reported a production cost below $10 million.

Why UK cinemas are adding screenings

In Britain, the film has yet to open, but exhibitors are already adjusting their plans. Picturehouse creative director Clare Binns told the Guardian that tickets went on sale at Picturehouse Central in London before the US opening and that demand prompted extra screenings. At the Ritzy in Brixton, one screening had almost sold out, so the cinema began selling tickets for a second.

Cineworld’s initial Leicester Square screenings sold out after tickets went on sale at about 40 cinemas on Sunday, the Guardian reported. The chain added more Leicester Square showings and opened bookings at another 35 cinemas nationwide. Cineworld executive Stuart Crane called the speed and scale of demand ‘remarkable’; Vue’s Dean Cross also reported strong interest among cinema-goers and the industry.

‘For it to be a three-hour documentary, it’s bonkers,’ Binns told the Guardian. She compared the excitement at Picturehouse with the response to Barbie in 2023. The Guardian also reported that more than 70% of the film’s US opening-weekend audience was under 35, a figure about American ticket buyers rather than UK advance sales.

The UK release is scheduled for November 20. Until then, the British reports describe advance bookings and added capacity, while the US figures track tickets already sold. Together they show the film drawing interest on both sides of the Atlantic at different stages of its release.