'Clayface' Chasing Elizabeth Holmes & Nathan Fielder For No. 1, But Docu Duo Have Edge With Near $11M – Halloween Box Office Update
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β’Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0000
π° What Happened
Two very different films are fighting for the top spot at US cinemas this Halloween weekend. One is Clayface, a DC superhero film from Warner Bros. The other is You Can See Everything, from the studio A24.
The A24 film is a three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder. Early numbers put it near $11 million for the weekend. Clayface is expected to make about $10.4 million in its second week.
You Can See Everything has now earned about $64 million in total. A24 says it has passed $500 million in US ticket sales this year, its best ever.
π The Backstory
Elizabeth Holmes founded the blood testing company Theranos. She was jailed for fraud after the company's technology failed to work as promised.
Nathan Fielder is a comedian known for awkward, hard-to-categorise shows. A long documentary pairing them is an unusual bet for a cinema release.
Clayface is a Batman villain made of mud. His first solo film is part of a wider reset of DC movies. Halloween weekend is often weak for cinemas, and studios usually avoid big launches then.
π― Why It Matters
It shows that unusual films can beat big-budget ones. What you choose to watch still shapes what gets made.
Two very different films are fighting for the top spot at US cinemas this Halloween weekend. One is Clayface, a DC superhero film from Warner Bros. The other is You Can See Everything, from the studio A24.
The A24 film is a three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes and Nathan Fielder. Early numbers put it near $11 million for the weekend. Clayface is expected to make about $10.4 million in its second week.
You Can See Everything has now earned about $64 million in total. A24 says it has passed $500 million in US ticket sales this year, its best ever.
Elizabeth Holmes founded the blood testing company Theranos. She was jailed for fraud after the company's technology failed to work as promised.
Nathan Fielder is a comedian known for awkward, hard-to-categorise shows. A long documentary pairing them is an unusual bet for a cinema release.
Clayface is a Batman villain made of mud. His first solo film is part of a wider reset of DC movies. Halloween weekend is often weak for cinemas, and studios usually avoid big launches then.
It shows that unusual films can beat big-budget ones. What you choose to watch still shapes what gets made.