Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Trailer Draws 3.9 Million Views in a Day

The full trailer for the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary racked up 3.9 million YouTube views in roughly one day. It also seized the top spot among trending movie trailers on the YouTube Charts, according to the platform's rankings.

The film is called You Can See Everything. A24 released the full trailer on Wednesday, after dropping a short teaser earlier this month. That teaser followed a surprise screening of the documentary at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend.

The theatrical release is set for October 16. The buzz is already significant.

The project carries an unusual production backstory. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim filmed it in secret over a three-year period. That window includes a stretch of roughly one month during which Holmes was preparing to report to prison. The documentary reportedly runs almost three hours.

The official logline frames the premise bluntly: "Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss."

Early viewers have responded strongly. As Fast Company previously reported, the handful of people who have seen the film have raved about it — not only because of the access the filmmakers gained to Holmes, but for the filmmaking techniques used to create it.

Pete Hammond, writing for Deadline, called the film "unlike any I have ever seen in terms of pure access." He added that it contains "some astonishing twists and turns and jaw-dropping surprises."

The documentary arrives as Holmes, now 40s-era notoriety behind her, edges toward the end of her prison term. She was sentenced to 11 years for fraud related to her now-defunct blood-testing startup, Theranos. According to reporting from ABC News, she has been approved to transfer to a halfway house in Del Valle, Texas, in August 2027.

The trailer's performance suggests broad public appetite for the Theranos saga remains intact. For A24, the timing is favorable: a confirmed theatrical date, a festival premiere already in the can, and a subject whose release timeline will keep the story in the news through the film's opening window.

The commercial question now is whether three hours of unprecedented access can convert viral trailer views into box office. October 16 will provide the first answer.