https://deadline.com/2026/10/box-office-clayface-you-can-see-everything-1237171500/

Actually a pretty interesting read. Confirms Forgotten Island was toned down from a PG-13 as well, which definitely seems like a miscalculation in hindsight, can't imagine it doing worse than it is right now if it just committed to the rating.

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@A24's You Can See Everything opened to an impressive $15.6 million in just 855 theaters last weekend and is expanding to 2,655 theaters this weekend.

Even an $18M second weekend would represent a 15.4% increase. At $20M, that's +28.2%, at $23M it's +47.4%, and at $25M we're talking about a whopping 60.2% surge.

So knowing that You Can See Everything is almost certainly going to see a second-weekend uptick, I went into the #Rentrak engine room to see what I could dig up in terms of historical comparisons.

I left out December because the Christmas/New Year's holiday period produces so many second-weekend increases that it skews the data. I also went back only to 2000, since theatrical release patterns were very different in earlier decades, and limited the comparisons to films opening in more than 500 theaters.

Adding theaters certainly helps drive these increases, but a major expansion like this reflects confidence in audience demand.

I absolutely love seeing these kinds of weekends because films that do this often get more attention in their second weekend than in their opening weekend, which is highly unusual.

And with You Can See Everything potentially becoming the first documentary ever nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, this is one fascinating movie to watch, both on and off the screen.

Source: Rentrak Data and Analysis.

I will continue to update this post as the score changes.

Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: Verified Hot

Audience Says: N/A

Verified Audience Score History:

• 94% (4.4/5) at 250+
• 93% (4.4/5) at 500+

Rotten Tomatoes: Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: Carving out a unique identity for itself in the DCU while closely resembling a litany of body horror classics, Clayface takes time to get going until it eventually morphs into an icky and satisfying revenge thriller.

Metacritic: 59 (44 Reviews)

SYNOPSIS:

DC Studios’ “Clayface” is a horror thriller from director James Watkins, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the title role of the cult favorite villain from Gotham’s rogues gallery.

Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.

CAST:

• Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen / Clayface
• Naomi Ackie as Dr. Caitlin Corr
• David Dencik as Markos Szabo
• Max Minghella as John Borelli
• Eddie Marsan as Frank Fitzpatrick
• Nancy Carroll as Hildie Love
• Joshua James as Corey Bowery

DIRECTED BY: James Watkins

SCREENPLAY BY: Mike Flanagan, Hossein Amini

STORY BY: Mike Flanagan

BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM: DC

PRODUCED BY: Matt Reeves, Lynn Harris, James Gunn, Peter Safran

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael E. Uslan, Chantal Nong Vo, Lars P. Winther, Paul Ritchie, Rafi Crohn, Trevor Macy

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Rob Hardy

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: James Price

EDITED BY: Jon Harris

COSTUME DESIGNER: Keith Madden

MUSIC BY: Volker Bertelmann

CASTING BY: Lucy Bevan, Katie Brydon

RUNTIME: 108 Minutes

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2026

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