IndieWire reports Clayface closed its opening weekend at $24 million domestic on October 25, enough to hold off A24's You Can See Everything, which climbed to $19.5 million in its second frame.
Clayface has closed its opening weekend at $24 million domestic, according to IndieWire's report published October 25, confirming the figure CutMirchi flagged earlier that same day off Friday's $10.4 million start.
The number sits at the low end of what Warner Bros and trade watchers were projecting through the week. Thursday night previews of $3.5 million had Warner's own model pointing to $25-30 million domestic, while rival distributor tracking put it closer to $22-28 million. The actual $24 million lands right in the middle of that noise, not a disaster, not a triumph either.
What it did do is hold off A24's awards-season documentary You Can See Everything. IndieWire puts that film's second weekend at $19.5 million, a jump from the $6.14 million it made on Friday alone during its expansion to 2,655 theatres, per CutMirchi's earlier reporting. The Elizabeth Holmes doc is still climbing and is reportedly A24's pick for a best picture push.
The real comparison for Clayface was always Supergirl. Milly Alcock's film closed its run at $126.5 million worldwide against a $170 million budget, the weakest number in James Gunn and Peter Safran's rebuilt DC Studios slate. Clayface needs roughly that same $127 million globally to avoid taking Supergirl's spot as the DCU's worst performer, and a $24 million domestic open, on a reported $44 million budget per IndieWire (Variety had it at that figure too, TheWrap put it at $40 million), gives it room to get there without losing money outright.
Critics and audiences have been kinder to this one. IndieWire has Clayface at 75% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes against Supergirl's 52% rotten, and CutMirchi's earlier reporting cited a 76% critics score with a startling 93% from audiences and an A- CinemaScore, the kind of spread that tends to produce a decent hold through Halloween weekend.
None of it touches what Gunn and Safran's Superman did last summer, which IndieWire notes closed at $618.7 million worldwide and landed with critics too. The studio's next big swings are a while off: The Batman: Part II in 2028, and Gunn's own Man of Tomorrow next summer. For now, in a year that's seen Digger, Supergirl and Practical Magic 2 all stumble for Warner Bros, a film that simply performs as forecast counts, per IndieWire's framing, as a modest win.
Sunday's final actuals, and the international numbers that start rolling in through the week, will say more about whether Clayface can actually clear that $127 million global bar.
Earlier updates
- October 25, 2026 (morning): CutMirchi reported Clayface's $10.4 million Friday from 3,458 theatres put it on track for a $24 million domestic weekend, with You Can See Everything adding $6.14 million Friday and Wildwood tracking toward $11-12 million.
- October 23, 2026: Thursday night previews came in at $3.5 million, with Warner Bros projecting a $25-30 million domestic opening and $20-25 million international.
- October 23, 2026: Rival distributor tracking models put the domestic opening lower, at $22-28 million.
- October 6, 2026: Trade sources quoted by Koimoi projected a $23-33 million domestic opening weekend, with Clayface needing roughly $127 million worldwide to top Supergirl's total.
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