DC’s “Clayface” topped a crowded October 23-25 weekend, but the more interesting story sits one spot behind it: a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes just pulled off one of the rarest moves in box office tracking. Here’s the full breakdown of who won, who’s struggling, and where the money actually landed this weekend.
Top 5 at the Weekend Box Office
1. Clayface — $24.0 million (opening weekend)
DC Studios’ body-horror villain origin story debuted in more than 3,400 North American theaters, adding roughly $19 million internationally for a $43 million global opening. Our take: against a reported $30-44 million production budget, the film is already within striking distance of profitability after a single weekend — a rare position for a superhero release to be in this early.
2. You Can See Everything — $19.5 million (second weekend)
A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, actually grew 25% in its second weekend after expanding to a wider release, pushing its domestic total to $45.1 million against a reported production budget of roughly $7 million. Our take: a documentary growing instead of dropping in weekend two is genuinely unusual, and it’s now sitting on one of the best-reviewed box office stories of the fall.
3. Wildwood — $11.8 million (opening weekend)
Laika’s stop-motion original added roughly $2.9 million internationally for a $14.7 million worldwide debut, backed by a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and an A CinemaScore. Our take: the reviews are a genuine win, but against a reported $100 million production budget, this opening is soft enough that the film’s eventual profitability is a real open question, not a formality.
4. Street Fighter — $8.6 million (second weekend, down 72%)
The video game adaptation’s steep second-weekend drop brought its domestic total to roughly $46.9 million, after a $30.8 million opening on October 16. Our take: a 72% second-weekend decline is a red flag for word-of-mouth, and against a reported $82 million budget, the film now needs a strong international run just to approach breakeven.
5. Wicker — $5.75 million (opening weekend)
Black Bear Pictures’ romantic fantasy, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, opened in a more limited 1,471 theaters rather than a full wide release. Our take: a specialty-scale rollout rather than a true wide push, so this debut is better read against comparable limited releases than against the rest of this weekend’s top 5.
Our Analysis
The clearest story this weekend isn’t the film that won — it’s the one that grew. Documentaries almost always drop in their second weekend as the opening-weekend curiosity audience thins out; “You Can See Everything” doing the opposite, and doing it while expanding into more theaters, suggests word-of-mouth is actively pulling in new audiences rather than just retaining existing ones. That’s a healthier trajectory than “Clayface” posting a bigger single-weekend number, even though Clayface’s modest budget means it’s arguably in better financial shape right now. The real warning signs belong to the two biggest-budget titles on this list: “Wildwood” opening soft relative to its $100 million cost, and “Street Fighter” posting one of the steeper second-weekend drops of any wide release this fall. Both are reminders that a top-5 finish doesn’t automatically mean a film is on track — the budget a film is measured against matters just as much as where it lands on the weekend chart. “Clayface,” by contrast, shows what a smaller swing looks like when it connects: a modest theater count and a budget under $45 million mean the film barely had to clear a high bar to already look financially sound after one weekend, a very different risk profile from the two films chasing nine-figure costs.
What’s Next Weekend
Industry trackers are tentatively projecting “You Can See Everything” to lead the October 30-November 1 frame again, forecast in the $11.7-14.6 million range as it continues its unusual upward trajectory, ahead of “Clayface” (projected $8.4-12.0 million) and “Wildwood” (projected $7.0-8.7 million). Those are pre-weekend estimates, not confirmed results, and the Halloween-weekend calendar is otherwise light on major wide releases, which could help whichever of these three holds up best. For more on how 2026’s Hollywood releases are stacking up overall, see our Hollywood Box Office 2026 tracker, and for the bigger picture on where this year’s record-setters stand, check our breakdown of The Odyssey’s box office records. Weekend estimates above are drawn from studio-reported figures compiled by outlets including Deadline and The Numbers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What movie won the box office this weekend (October 23-25, 2026)?
“Clayface” topped the weekend with a $24 million domestic opening ($43 million worldwide), edging out the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” in second place.
Why is You Can See Everything’s second weekend considered unusual?
The documentary grew 25% in its second weekend to $19.5 million after expanding to a wider release — most films, and especially documentaries, drop rather than grow in their second weekend.
Is Wildwood a box office flop?
It’s too early to call. Wildwood’s $14.7 million worldwide opening is soft relative to its reported $100 million budget, but the film’s reviews are strong and its international rollout is still expanding into early 2027.
What’s projected to win the box office next weekend?
Industry trackers are tentatively forecasting “You Can See Everything” to lead again, narrowly ahead of “Clayface” and “Wildwood” — though these are pre-weekend projections, not confirmed results.
