Clayface Box Office Global Debut Puts DCU Horror Movie On The Right Track

Published Oct 25, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT

Brennan Klein (he/him) is a senior news writer at Screen Rant, host of the Attack of the Queerwolf podcast, and contributor at Alternate Ending and Horror Press. He has been writing and podcasting about pop culture (especially horror movies) for over a decade at platforms including Blumhouse, Fangoria, Dread Central, The Backlot, and Arrow in the Head.

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Clayface is withstanding the heat at the box office.

2026's Clayface, which was directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Hossein Amini and Mike Flanagan and stars Tom Rhys Harries as the titular shape-shifting DC Comics villain, is the third installment in the newly rebranded DC Universe after the 2025 hit Superman and the 2026 box office bomb Supergirl. While Supergirl flailed, earning $126.4 million worldwide this summer against a reported budget of $170 million or more, the DCU has already scored a hit in the meantime thanks to the popular HBO series Lanterns.

Per Warner Bros., as of Sunday morning, Clayface is projected to close out its global opening weekend with a 3-day gross of $43 million, comprising $24 million from domestic theaters (where it is set to take No. 1 over the documentary holdover hit You Can See Everything) and an additional $19 million from international markets.

While this marks the lowest global debut for any installment in the franchise so far, the movie also has the lowest budget by far with a reported $44 million. This means that after just three days in theaters, it is just $1 million away from earning its budget back. Below, see how Clayface's debut compares to the previous DCU movies:

Title	Domestic Debut	Global Debut	Global Box Office
Superman (2025)	$125 million	$220 million	$618.7 million
Supergirl (2026)	$37.1 million	$62.6 million	$126.4 million
Clayface (2026)	$24 million	$43 million	TBD

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  Tom Rhys Harries

  Matt Hagen / Clayface

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  Naomi Ackie

  Dr. Caitlin Bates

Gotham actor Matt Hagen's rising star is destroyed when a local crime boss leaves him horribly disfigured. Desperate to regain his former life, Matt undergoes an experimental treatment that restores his appearance but transforms his body into malleable clay. Now able to reshape himself into other people, Hagen sets off on an increasingly violent campaign of revenge against the ones he holds responsible for his fate.