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Clayface passes $100 million worldwide in its third weekend

DC's R-rated horror film Clayface has passed $100 million at the global box office, slower than Superman and Supergirl but on a much smaller budget. Warner Bros. also cut its North American theater count by 532.

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Centre · 2DC's Clayface has passed the $100 million mark at the global box office in its third weekend in theaters. Centre · 1Per Warner Bros., as of Sunday morning the film was projected to reach $109 million worldwide, made up of $56.6 million domestic and $52.4 million international, according to Screen Rant. Centre · 1Collider says the film added around $7 million this weekend, taking its domestic total to nearly $60 million.

Centre · 1Screen Rant puts the milestone on roughly day 16, more than five times slower than Superman (day 3) and nearly a week slower than Supergirl (day 10). Centre · 1Clayface opened on October 23 with the lowest domestic opening weekend of the three DCU films but fell only 54.2% in its second weekend, against 53.2% for Superman and 76.8% for Supergirl. Centre · 1Screen Rant notes that the earlier two films were PG-13 while Clayface is rated R, which limits its audience. It says Clayface is only the sixth R-rated horror film of 2026 to pass $100 million worldwide.

Centre · 1Warner Bros. cut the film's North American theater count by 532 as it entered its third week, from 3,458 theaters at debut, according to Collider. Centre · 1Collider reports a budget of $40 million and says the film has broken even theatrically. It says the film is on track to overtake Supergirl, which finished with about $125 million worldwide on a budget nearly four times as large. Centre · 1Collider also says the film has overtaken director James Watkins' Speak No Evil ($77 million) and should soon pass The Woman in Black (about $130 million), and that globally it has passed Lee Cronin's The Mummy and Evil Dead Burn.

Centre · 1Collider says the film has a "Certified Fresh" 78% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It is set in an alternate Gotham from Matt Reeves' The Batman, which Collider says opens the door to cheaper DC films about Batman's rogues' gallery.

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Both outlets treat it as a box office performance story. Screen Rant compares it with the earlier DCU films and stresses the slower pace. Collider stresses the small budget, break-even status and the theater cut.
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Screen Rant: speed relative to Superman and Supergirl and the R rating. Collider: budget, break-even and comparison with other horror films.
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Screen Rant does not mention the budget, break-even status or the 532-theater cut. Collider does not give the international/domestic split or the day-by-day comparison with Superman and Supergirl.
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“Clayface is moving slowly, but it has nevertheless carried on a DC Universe tradition by passing a major box office milestone.” — Screen Rant
“$40 million is a king's ransom when compared to the $10 million production cost of Backrooms” — Collider

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