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Another weekend is in the rearview mirror and it seems that DC Studios’ body-horror experiment, Clayface, continues to it has strong legs at the box office. With estimated figures for its third weekend now reported, the film has officially crossed $100M globally.
Early weekend estimates put the film’s third weekend in the US at $6.7M. Whilst the film falls into 7th place overall there’s a tight race between 5th, 6th, and 7th place with only $2M separating them. The film’s total US gross grosses $50M and now sits at $56.6M with experts expecting it push on towards the $60-$70M range. This latest weekend represents a relatively small -39% drop from last weekend meaning that audiences are still returning for new and repeat viewings.
For comparisons, Supergirl also fell out of the top 5 in its third weekend. But at the time that film was facing a -59% drop from its second weekend, considerably steeper than Clayface. Whilst it’s hard to find a true comparator for Clayface it is still fair to say it’s box office is easing rather than collapsing.
Internationally, Clayface grossed a further $6.8M, easing -46% on last weekend. Slightly heavier drop than in the US but this is something DC Studios films have been dealing with in recent years. It’s international gross is now $52.4M, taking its global box office total to $109M 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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