The Lowdown
A $24 million No. 1 for a lean, R-rated villain movie is a respectable start, not a statement. Clayface proves DC can make smaller, weirder bets work on paper, but the bigger headline is that a three-hour documentary nearly matched it. Word of mouth will decide whether this one has legs.
Key Takeaways
- Clayface opened at No. 1 for October 23–25 with $24.0 million from 3,458 theaters (Box Office Mojo).
- The R-rated body-horror film was produced for a reported $44 million and earned an A- CinemaScore (Fortune).
- The opening came in below the studio’s weekend projection of $25 million to $30 million (Fortune).
- A24’s documentary You Can See Everything finished second, and Laika’s Wildwood opened third (Box Office Mojo).
The Story
DC Studios’ Clayface took the top spot at the domestic box office over the October 23–25 weekend. Final figures put its opening at $24.0 million from 3,458 theaters, an average of about $6,941 per location (Box Office Mojo).
The film is an R-rated body-horror story about the Batman villain, and it was made for a reported $44 million, a modest budget for a comic book movie. Audiences gave it an A- CinemaScore. It is also one of the first major Warner Bros. releases since the studio’s merger with Paramount (Fortune).
The start was still a little soft against expectations. The studio had projected $25 million to $30 million for the weekend, and Fortune contrasted the lower-cost approach with Supergirl, which posted one of DC Studios’ weakest openings in June (Fortune).
Clayface had company near the top. A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything rose in its second weekend to $18.7 million, Laika’s stop-motion Wildwood opened third with $12.3 million, and Street Fighter dropped 72% in its second frame (Box Office Mojo). Fortune noted the full weekend reached $94.9 million, up nearly 22% from the same weekend in 2025 (Fortune).
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