# ‘Clayface’ Cashing In $3.5M+ Thursday Previews – Box Office

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/clayface-cashing-in-3-5m-thursday-previews-box-office/
- Published: 2026-10-23T03:19:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:37:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/box-office-clayface-you-can-see-everything-1237171500/
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Clayface earned at least $3.5 million in Thursday previews.
- Its domestic opening is forecast at $20 million to $25 million.
- The film cost $44 million to produce before marketing.

## Summary

DC’s lower-budget film Clayface took an estimated $3.5 million or more in Thursday previews, setting up a projected domestic opening of $20 million to $25 million. If it reaches that range, the newly combined Paramount-Warner Bros would score its second consecutive No. 1 debut, following Street Fighter’s $31 million opening.

Directed by James Watkins, Clayface is a standalone story about actor Matt Hagen, a character drawn from a Batman villain. The film cost $44 million to make before marketing and was shot in the UK. Its preview total is close to Birds of Prey’s $4 million and similar to horror film Other Mommy’s $3.6 million; the film has a 76% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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