‘Clayface’ on track to win the weekend box office as ‘You Can See Everything’ grows
Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ Clayface took $10.4 million on Friday, including previews, and is projected to open with $24 million to $25 million, Deadline reported. A24’s documentary You Can See Everything is projected to rise in its second weekend to $19 million to $20 million. These are Saturday projections; studio estimates for the full weekend are due Sunday.
The leader: Clayface’s Friday came in better than expected, Deadline reported, and Variety also put it at about $24 million by Sunday. Audiences gave the R-rated film an A- CinemaScore, the same grade as James Gunn’s Superman, according to Deadline. The film cost $44 million to produce, Deadline reported.
The documentary: You Can See Everything, from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, took $6.1 million on its second Friday after expanding to 2,655 theaters, Deadline and The Numbers reported. A $19 million to $20 million weekend would be up 22% to 28% from its opening, according to Deadline. The Numbers projected about $21 million.
The rest of the chart: Laika’s Wildwood is projected at about $11 million in third place, with an A CinemaScore, Deadline reported. Street Fighter is fourth at about $8.15 million in its second weekend, down 74%, and Wicker, starring Olivia Colman, is fifth at $5.5 million to $6 million, according to Deadline. Klara and the Sun is projected at about $725,000, Deadline reported.
What to watch: Deadline projected about $97.6 million for all films over the weekend, up 29% from the same weekend a year ago. Final numbers can differ from these projections.
Sources
- Deadline — ‘Clayface’ Takes Shape As No. 1 With $24M+; ‘You Can See Everything’ Wowing With Possible $20M Second Weekend
- Variety — Box Office: ‘Clayface’ Lands at No. 1 with $10.4 Million Debut, ‘You Can See Everything’ Adds $6.14 Million on Friday
- The Numbers — Weekend update: Clayface set for $24 million