An Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Took $1.75 Million in One Night of Previews

IndieWire reports that Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes took $1.75 million in Thursday previews, with an opening weekend that looks like $7 million to $8 million. The trade's read is that the A24 documentary appears to be resonating with audiences.

Keep the two numbers in different boxes, though. A Thursday preview total is money already banked; an opening weekend figure at this stage is a projection. The test is whether curiosity about a famous business scandal carries a documentary through a weekend of ticket sales rather than a single night of them.