The weekend receipts have been counted and DC Studios’ has cause to celebrate today as Clayface proves it has begun to stretch its box office legs. Though the film has fallen into second place in the US, the horror has grossed a further $23.4M worldwide.
Early weekend estimates put the film at $10.4M in the US, falling behind runaway hit A24 documentary You Can See Everything which pulled in an estimated $10.6M. Both of those figures have just been refreshed and both films outgrossed their estimates. Whilst the James Watkins-directed DCU film still landed in second place, the films grossed $11M and $11.4M respectively. For Clayface that equates to a -54% drop from its opening weekend, a marked improvement from the -76.8% fall which Supergirl faced in its second weekend back in July. Clayface has now grossed a total $44.7M after 10-days of release in its home market.
As a rule, comic book movies anticipate a -60% drop in their second weekend as fans often rush to see them in their opening few days, front loading the box office.
Internationally, Clayface remained king. The film took a further $12.4M and is open in all markets bar China where it currently has no release date. Updated local figures include: here in the UK ($6.1M), Australia ($2.5M), Mexico ($2.5M), France ($2.4M), Brazil ($1.7M), Italy ($1.7M), Spain ($1.4M), Saudi Arabia ($1.4M), Germany ($1.3M), UAE ($1.2M), Taiwan ($949K) and Korea ($891K). It’s international total is currently $38.9M, though some figures are still estimates.
Globally that means Clayface has now grossed $83.6M off a reported budget – pre-marketing spend – of $44M. Though no financial details of tax breaks is made public, it’s generally expected that Clayface needs to make around $110M worldwide in order to break even for the studio. Current projections, if it’s legs hold, have the film grossing up to $130M.
Watch our interview with Clayface director James Watkins in the player below:
In our four star review of the film Neil says “Brave, bloody and anchored by a magnetic Tom Rhys Harries. Clayface doesn’t always go for the throat, but as a comic book and body horror hybrid it’s certainly memorable one.”
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