A three-hour documentary just beat the odds again, and it’s dragging Amanda Seyfried’s four-year-old Hulu show back up the charts with it. “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s A24 film about Elizabeth Holmes, made $19.5 million in its second weekend, up from its $15.6 million opening, for $45.1 million in North America, Variety reports. At the same time, Amanda Seyfried‘s “The Dropout,” the 2022 series where she first played Holmes, went from about 13,000 views to about 105,000 in the film’s first week in theaters, a jump of more than 700%, per Luminate data reported by Gold Derby.
I’m Nico Grey. I shoot adult films, I run NicoGrey.com and Scandal Planet, and I put money into investments, crypto and AI, so a $7 million movie heading for seven times its budget gets my full attention. Here’s what the numbers actually say, which one is which, and where to watch Amanda’s two Holmes performances.
What happened
A24 widened the film from 855 theaters to 2,655 for its second weekend, Oct. 23 to 25, and ticket sales went up instead of down. It finished second behind Warner Bros. and DC’s “Clayface,” which opened with $24 million from 3,458 theaters, Variety reports. Variety’s own comparison: a documentary in its second weekend made “almost as much as a new comic-book adaptation.”
The film cost $7 million to make, according to Variety and IndieWire, and it hasn’t opened outside North America yet.
NICO’S TAKEAmanda, you played Elizabeth Holmes so well the first time that the real one had a visible reaction watching it on camera. Then you came back for round two and pushed a four-year-old Hulu show up 700% in a week. That’s not a comeback, that’s a growth chart.
Hulu, send her a fruit basket and a bigger check. A24, $7 million in, $45 million back and still climbing: I’ve seen crypto deals with worse returns.
But here’s my problem with the Holmes era: black turtlenecks, zero skin. The Amanda who earned this hype took real risks on screen, in Chloe, in Lovelace, in The Housemaid. If you want to see everything, start on her hub →
— Nico
Before she was Elizabeth Holmes twice, she was the bold one: Chloe, Lovelace, The Housemaid and The Testament of Ann Lee, all on one Scandal Planet page.
186%, 400% or 700%? Three numbers, three different things
You’ll see all three figures for “The Dropout” this week. They’re all real, but they measure different things:
- 186%: a monthly jump, September vs. August, after the secret film’s first teaser came out on Sept. 6, as The Guardian reported from Variety’s data.
- 400%: a single day. The series logged 3.8 million minutes watched on the day after the film opened, up from 760,000 the day before, according to Luminate data reported by Forbes. Forbes says it later hit a 2026 high of 6.1 million minutes in one day.
- 700%: a full week, Oct. 16 to 22, measured in views rather than minutes: about 105,000, up from about 13,000 the week before, per Gold Derby. Gold Derby and Luminate are both owned by Penske Media.
So the 700% is the cleanest “before and after” comparison: the week before the film opened against its first week in theaters.
How big is $45.1 million for a documentary?
Very big, and it’s still early. Its $15.6 million opening was the best start for a non-music documentary in 20 years, Variety says. IndieWire notes it has already passed “Melania,” the year’s previous top documentary at $16.3 million. The all-time record is still far off: Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” made just over $222 million in 2004.
The weekend chart from The Numbers shows the shape of it: $18,247 per theater in week one, $7,345 per theater in week two after tripling the screen count. Rising totals while spreading thinner is what a word-of-mouth hit looks like.
Why the doc sends people back to The Dropout
Spoiler warning for “You Can See Everything.” Seyfried isn’t in the trailers, but she’s central to the film’s second half. Fielder shows Holmes part of “The Dropout,” including a scene with Seyfried as Holmes and Naveen Andrews as her ex-partner and former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani, and Holmes reacts to it on camera, a Yahoo recap reports. Fielder then has Seyfried play Holmes again in scenes set after the series ends, including a recreated prison meeting. After watching her play Holmes on the big screen, a lot of viewers clearly want the original.
We covered how she got the part (Emma Stone made the introduction) and A24’s Oscar campaign for her earlier. Emma Stone has a special-thanks credit on the film.
Where to watch The Dropout
- Where: only on Hulu, which released all eight episodes on March 3, 2022.
- Price: Hulu on Disney+ with ads costs $12.49 a month, and the ad-free Premium bundle costs $21.99, Yahoo reports.
- Why it’s worth it: Seyfried won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series for the role, one of the show’s six nominations.
- The doc: “You Can See Everything” is in theaters only for now, with no streaming date announced.
What to watch for next
Awards forecasters say the film could become the first documentary ever nominated for Best Picture, Variety reports, and A24 is already campaigning Seyfried for supporting actress. The next real tests are the third weekend, which shows whether the word of mouth holds now it’s in wide release, and the international release, which hasn’t been dated.
FAQ
How much has You Can See Everything made at the box office?
$45.1 million in North America after two weekends: $15.6 million from 855 theaters in its first, then $19.5 million from 2,655 theaters in its second (Oct. 23 to 25), Variety reports. It cost $7 million to make.
Why did The Dropout’s viewership go up?
Seyfried plays Holmes again in “You Can See Everything,” and the film shows Holmes watching part of “The Dropout.” Luminate data shows the series went from about 13,000 to about 105,000 views in the film’s first week in theaters, per Gold Derby.
Where can I watch The Dropout?
Only on Hulu. Without a standalone Hulu plan, it’s part of the Hulu on Disney+ bundles, $12.49 a month with ads or $21.99 ad-free, according to Yahoo.
Is Amanda Seyfried in You Can See Everything?
Yes, although A24 kept it out of the marketing. She appears in the second half, first as herself and then as Holmes again in recreated scenes, including a prison meeting.
What do you think? Have you seen it yet? And which Amanda wins: Holmes in a turtleneck, or Chloe? Tell us on X @celeb124.
Photos: Amanda Seyfried at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (card and story graphic) by Sara Komatsu, CC BY-SA 4.0; Amanda Seyfried at Berlinale 2026 by Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0; Elizabeth Holmes at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014 by TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Archive photos, not from the events described.
