Clayface Opens at No. 1 as You Can See Everything Expands to 2,655 Theaters and Reaches $45.1 Million Domestic
What happened
DC Studios’ R-rated release *Clayface* led the North American box office with a $24 million debut, closely followed by A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary *You Can See Everything*, which expanded to generate $19.5 million.
The Context
* Mid-tier budgets are winning on margin: *Clayface* opened across 3,458 theaters to secure a $43 million worldwide total against a lean $44 million production spend, delivering swift profitability for DC Studios following the underperformance of *Supergirl* ($126 million global gross against a $170 million budget). * Theatrical nonfiction is breaking historical records: A24 scaled *You Can See Everything* from 855 to 2,655 locations, posting a 25% second-weekend surge backed by Gen Z interest and an entry into early awards contention. * Legacy franchise formulas are faltering: Paramount's *Street Fighter* slid sharply to $8.6 million, while Laika's animated *Wildwood* posted $11.8 million, confirming viewer fatigue with conventional studio plays.
The Number
— the domestic gross achieved by *You Can See Everything* in two weekends, vaulting an investigative corporate documentary into the tier of highest-grossing nonfiction features in theatrical history.
Takeaway
Expect studio executives to greenlight tightly budgeted, auteur-driven genre bets while scaling festival acquisitions into mainstream theatrical runs to insulate production slates against escalating financial downside.
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