Clayface Movie Review: DC’s R-Rated Body Horror Is Messy, Gruesome, and Mostly Great

Verdict: 3.5 out of 5. Clayface is the strangest swing DC Studios has taken yet — a Batman villain’s origin told as full-blooded R-rated body horror — and for most of its tight 108 minutes, the gamble pays off. It starts slowly and never quite smooths out its script problems, but Tom Rhys Harries gives … Read more

You Can See Everything Edges Clayface in a Photo-Finish Halloween Weekend at the Box Office

You Can See Everything has pulled off one of the rarest feats in modern box-office history: reaching No. 1 for the first time in its third weekend. A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary edged DC Studios’ Clayface by roughly $200,000 over the Halloween weekend of October 30 to November 1, 2026, in a finish so tight that … Read more

Clayface Box Office: DC’s R-Rated Horror Opens to $23-25M and Takes No. 1

DC Studios has a new No. 1 at the box office, and it did not come from a caped crusader. Clayface, the R-rated body-horror spin on the Batman villain, is tracking toward an estimated $23–25 million opening weekend in North America. The film opened on October 23, 2026, in 3,458 theaters. According to industry estimates … Read more

Clayface vs the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary: The Wildest Box Office Weekend of 2026

Red and gold cinema spotlight beams clashing above a vintage movie marquee at night — concept art for the Clayface box office battle

Friday, October 23, 2026, was supposed to be a coronation. DC Studios’ Clayface opens wide in more than 3,400 theaters today, with forecasters projecting a $25–30 million debut. Instead, the weekend has turned into the most unpredictable box-office fight of the year — because a three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is expanding … Read more

Clayface Review Roundup: DC’s R-Rated Horror Gets a Divisive Verdict

Grim cinematic artwork of a rain-soaked Gotham skyline with a tower of dripping clay, evoking DC's Clayface horror film

DC Studios is about to take its biggest creative swing yet — and the first reactions are all over the map. Clayface, the R-rated body-horror take on one of Batman’s oldest villains, opens in theaters on October 23, 2026, with preview screenings starting October 22. With full critic reviews landing this week, here is everything … Read more