'Clayface' Makes $3.5 Million in Previews
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Warner Bros. and DC Studios' "Clayface" earned $3.5 million in Thursday previews and is projected to make between $22 million and $35 million in its opening weekend, with a production budget of $44 million.
- The R-rated comic book film, directed by James Watkins, follows Batman villain Clayface, a Hollywood actor who undergoes a dangerous medical procedure that goes wrong.
- "Clayface" is expected to generate an additional $20 million to $25 million internationally, aiming for a global opening total of $45 million to $55 million.
- The Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything," from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is expanding from 855 to 2,600 theaters in its second weekend and could earn $20 million to $25 million.
- The documentary, which debuted with $15.6 million and has strong Oscar buzz, features footage of Theranos CEO Holmes before her prison sentence and has become one of the most successful nonmusical documentary launches in two decades.
