A second straight global No. 1 for the merged studio
The recently combined Paramount-Warner Bros., also referred to as Skydance, secured its second consecutive weekend at the top of the worldwide box office. DC's Clayface led the frame with $43 million in global ticket sales. The domestic portion came to $24 million, enough for first place at home, while the overseas launch contributed $19 million from 76 territories.[S1][S2]
The worldwide figure landed below the $45 million that had been anticipated. Even so, the result is regarded as respectable for a film carrying a net cost of $44 million before prints and advertising. Audience reaction has been strong, with the movie earning an A grade from exit polling, a mark that only a handful of horror releases have achieved.[S1]
How Clayface compares with Other Mommy abroad
In raw dollars, the global debut sits close to Universal's Other Mommy, a Blumhouse Atomic Monster release that opened to $45.6 million across 50 territories a couple of weeks earlier. That film's foreign start was $17.8 million, while Clayface drew $19 million from its 76 markets. Domestically, Clayface finished first ahead of the second weekend of A24's three-hour documentary You Can See Everything.[S1]
Territory by territory, Clayface matched or surpassed Other Mommy's first weekend in the UK with $2.6 million, in Australia with $1.3 million against $1.1 million, in France with $1.2 million and in Brazil with $879,000 against $751,000. It trailed Other Mommy in Mexico at $1.4 million versus $1.9 million, in Italy at $873,000 versus $2.2 million, in Spain at $721,000 versus $986,000, in the UAE at $626,000 versus $658,000, in Saudi Arabia at $561,000 versus $601,000 and in Taiwan at $404,000 versus $424,000.[S1]
Other Mommy has not yet reached Germany or Korea, where it is scheduled for Oct. 29 and Nov. 18 respectively, but Clayface collected $593,000 in Germany and $589,000 in Korea. In Italy, Clayface's opening exceeded Supergirl's first weekend of $717,700, and in Korea it beat that film's $422,000 debut.[S1]
Street Fighter slips as Wildwood and other titles report
Paramount-Warner Bros. also took second place worldwide through the second frame of Legendary and Capcom's Street Fighter, which added $16.8 million globally. Of that, $8.2 million came from 65 markets, lifting the foreign total to $32.7 million and the worldwide running tally to $76.3 million. North America fell sharply, dropping 72 percent to $8.6 million. The film retained its Imax screens, which contributed $2.5 million for a circuit total approaching $12 million.[S1]
Laika's stop-motion Wildwood brought in $11.3 million domestically plus $3 million from an 11-territory foreign launch handled by FilmNation, for a $14.3 million worldwide start. The UK is heading toward roughly $1.4 million after a Friday-to-Saturday take of $931,000, which runs 15 percent ahead of Kubo and the Two Strings and 22 percent ahead of The Boy and the Heron, with Black Bear distributing there.[S1]
Sony and Constantin's Resident Evil reached a sixth global weekend of $13.3 million, made up of $10.3 million abroad and $3 million domestically, for a worldwide running total of $384.5 million. Foreign receipts alone stand at $230.8 million, with China contributing $65 million, and the title remains in release across 67 markets on 26,400 screens. Amazon MGM Studios' Verity added $7.2 million from 79 foreign markets and $3 million at home for a $10.2 million fourth frame, bringing its worldwide cume to $162.7 million.[S1]
