Documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ Gains NASA Interest Amid Box Office Success
The documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, has become a cultural phenomenon following its successful box office performance. The film, which explores the rise and fall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, debuted in U.S. theaters on October 16, earning $15.6 million during its opening weekend. This made it the second-biggest opening for a non-concert documentary in history, behind only Michael Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 9/11.’ The film continued to perform strongly, becoming the number one movie at the domestic box office this past weekend with approximately $64.7 million earned domestically through Sunday. The documentary begins by following Holmes during the 34 days before she started serving her federal prison sentence in 2023. Holmes, once hailed as Silicon Valley’s next big thing, founded Theranos, a health technology startup that promised to revolutionize medical testing with devices capable of performing numerous blood tests using just a few drops of blood. At its peak, Theranos raised over $700 million in investments and was valued at roughly $9 billion. However, the company’s technology was exposed as a sham through a Wall Street Journal investigation led by reporter John Carreyrou, leading to its collapse and Holmes’ conviction for fraud in 2022. The film has inspired various cultural responses, including a lookalike contest in New York City, parodies on television shows like ‘The Tonight Show’ featuring Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis, and appearances by Daniel Radcliffe and Tracy Morgan. The recent announcement of a potential private viewing of the film on the International Space Station, as shared by A24 on Instagram with a fictional email screenshot, has further amplified its popularity. NASA and A24 have not yet commented on the authenticity of the announcement.
