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Clayface Opens to $43 Million Worldwide, Giving Paramount-Warner Bros. Second Straight No. 1 Weekend
DC's Clayface earned an estimated $43 million worldwide in its opening, claiming the top spot at the global box office for the newly combined Paramount-Warner Bros. studio as A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything rose in its second weekend.
DC's superhero film Clayface opened to an estimated $43 million worldwide, delivering a second consecutive No. 1 weekend at the global box office for the newly combined Paramount-Warner Bros. studio. The result marks the second back-to-back weekend win for the company since the merger, which is being referred to in industry coverage as Skydance.
The performance raises a question that industry watchers are now asking: whether consistent weekend wins will become the new norm for the combined company. Deadline's global box office coverage notes that the studio's run puts pressure on rivals, with the question of whether Disney should be concerned being posed directly in trade reporting on the weekend.
Clayface was not the only title drawing attention. A24's documentary You Can See Everything, a film about the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, posted a strong showing in its second weekend. Reporting from The New York Times described the film as having surged, even though Clayface claimed the No. 1 position.
Forbes reported that the film, from directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, scored nearly $20 million in its second weekend, beating its opening. The documentary expanded to 2,655 theaters after initially opening in 855 locations, a broadening of its footprint that helped drive the increase.
The combination of a major studio tentpole claiming the top spot and an independent documentary posting a rising second weekend underscores a crowded late-October marketplace. For the Paramount-Warner Bros. company, the Clayface opening provides a second data point in a short run of results that analysts are watching closely as the merged studio settles into its first full release calendar.
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