‘You Can See Everything’ Surges with $19.5M at Box Office; ‘Clayface’ Takes No. 1 – WTOP News
- DC Studios' Clayface debuted at number one this weekend with $24 million domestically, marking a modest R-rated win for the rebooted DCU after early projections of $25 million to $35 million.
- Director James Watkins helmed the $44 million production from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, positioning the body-horror thriller as a deliberate detour from franchise bombast.
- Critics praised Tom Rhys Harries's haunting lead performance and visceral body-horror visuals, though consensus holds that uneven narrative pacing and underdeveloped characters undermine the script's exploration of identity and impostor syndrome.
- Audiences awarded Clayface an A- CinemaScore grade, a rare achievement for horror releases, providing DC Studios a needed rebound after Supergirl bombed with $126 million against a $170 million budget.
- DC Studios co-chairman Peter Safran confirmed Batman exists in this Gotham City despite never appearing on screen, with future DCU projects set to further develop the character within the rebooted universe.
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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything,’ ‘Clayface’ lead sleepy Halloween weekend
The North American box office took a bit of a hit this weekend with the Halloween holiday drawing audiences away from theaters on Saturday. Ticket sales were led by the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” and the DC Studios movie “Clayface,” and aren’t likely to surpass $56 million, according to studio estimates on […]
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COLUMN: ‘Clayface:’ feat of mediocrity
For Clayface being a character who can shape himself into nearly anything, it’s surprising his solo film can’t morph into the shared universe of the DC Cinematic Universe flawlessly. The DCU from its start was always pitched as letting creatives have control over their projects without studio overreach unless something was genuinely going to bomb,...
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