Clayface Opens at No. 1 With an Estimated $24 Million

Clayface led the US and Canadian box office over October 23–25, 2026, with an estimated US$24 million from 3,458 theaters. The opening puts DC Studios’ body-horror film first for the weekend, but the number remains a Sunday estimate rather than a confirmed final result.

The Numbers’ weekend chart lists that $24 million debut, matching the domestic figure in Associated Press’s Sunday studio-estimate report. Here, “domestic” means the United States and Canada; all amounts in this article are US dollars.

What the opening measures

The headline total covers the film’s first Friday-to-Sunday theatrical weekend in that market. It is neither a worldwide opening figure nor a measure of studio profit. Final weekend reporting can revise estimates.

The nearest challenger was You Can See Everything, which The Numbers lists at $19.5 million from 2,655 theaters in its second weekend. That is a 25% increase, bringing the documentary’s ten-day domestic total to approximately $45.1 million. Its second-weekend result is a separate measure from Clayface’s debut; our report on the documentary’s opening covers the earlier frame.

Overseas totals and budget reports differ

AP’s Sunday report put Clayface’s international opening at $19 million. At the time of this article, The Numbers’ individual film page lists $22.5 million internationally and $46.5 million worldwide. Those are different reporting snapshots, so the earlier $43 million combined figure should not be treated as a settled final worldwide total.

There is also a difference in reported production cost: AP cites $44 million, while The Numbers lists $40 million. Neither figure, on its own, establishes the film’s full cost or break-even point. Marketing and distribution expenses, along with the share of ticket sales retained by theaters, prevent a simple gross-versus-budget comparison from proving profitability.

The film behind the numbers

James Watkins directs Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen, an actor whose attempt to repair a disfiguring injury leads to a destructive transformation, according to Warner Bros.’ official synopsis. The distributor dates the North American opening to October 23 and the start of its international rollout to October 21; that rollout language does not mean every territory opened together.

For the campaign and story background, see our Clayface final-trailer coverage. The opening-weekend figures provide the first theatrical benchmark; the film’s longer run and eventual financial outcome remain open.