A24’s documentary You Can See Everything and Warner Bros.’ horror feature Clayface are locked in a near tie for the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office, according to Sunday estimates from a quiet Halloween weekend.

The Elizabeth Holmes film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, looks like the early winner with $10.6 million in its third weekend. That pushes its North American total to $63.8 million. It is playing in 3,243 locations and is eyeing its first No. 1 finish. Its drop is about 43 percent.

Clayface sits just behind it for now, with roughly $10.4 million in its second frame. Its two-week domestic sum reaches $44.1 million. The race is close enough that the final order could still shift when full figures come in.

A weekend that studios sat out

Nobody wanted to open a big movie on Halloween this year. The holiday fell on a Saturday, and the studios avoided new releases entirely. Overall, the weekend is headed for one of the lowest domestic totals of the year. It may land just above the $49 million collected over the equivalent weekend in 2025, when Black Phone 2 led with $8.3 million in its third weekend.

Paul Dergarabedian of Rentrak pointed to the reason. Parties and trick-or-treating compete with moviegoing on the biggest day of the weekend, and that makes launching a major film a risky bet.

He also said the lack of a splashy opener “limits the opportunity for a major new release to give October a big closing boost.” He added a note of perspective, though. “[But] the broader horror picture remains remarkable. A quieter Halloween weekend can coexist with an exceptionally strong year for the genre.”

Clayface is a bigger problem than its numbers suggest

Clayface is the third theatrical title from DC Studios under James Gunn and Peter Safran, following 2025’s Superman and this summer’s underperforming Supergirl. Tom Rhys Harries and Naomi Ackie star in the film, which carries a budget of $44 million.

The film is falling fast. Its weekend decline is around 56 percent. For a studio that has already had a rough summer with Supergirl, that drop puts pressure on the company to deliver a stronger finish.

James Watkins directed the body horror feature. It is the kind of movie that thrives on word of mouth, and the next few weekends will show whether audiences are willing to keep showing up.

Family films and fan favorites hold the middle

Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Wildwood landed in third place with about $7.5 million in its second weekend. Its domestic total is now $25.8 million. Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay lead the voice cast for director Travis Knight.

The film dropped around 38 percent, which analysts linked to families turning their attention away from cinemas over the holiday weekend. Wildwood has generated Oscar buzz and holds a 99 percent critics approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But it carries a reported production budget of $100 million, so it needs strong legs to make its money back.

Wicker from Black Bear had a similarly strong hold. The romantic fantasy fell around 28 percent and grossed $4.1 million from 2,374 North American theaters. Its domestic total is $13.2 million after two weekends. Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard star in the film, directed by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer. It is about a woman in a quiet village who gets a wicker husband. Critics have given it a 94 on Rotten Tomatoes.

Rounding out the top five is Paramount and Legendary’s Street Fighter. It added $3.2 million in its third weekend, pushing its domestic cume to $53 million. Internationally, it added another $3.2 million, bringing its global total to $91.9 million against an $82 million budget. Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji star in director Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the Capcom video game.

Resident Evil is likely to land in seventh place. Sony’s film crossed $400 million at the global box office in its seventh weekend. It is projected to earn $2.5 million domestically this frame, bringing its North American total to $157.3 million. Zach Cregger directed the Austin Abrams-led adaptation of the video game.

The real race is still ahead

The slow weekend is not the end of the story. Analysts expect the box office to pick up sharply as the 2026 holiday corridor opens with Avengers: Doomsday, Dune: Part Three and more.

Shawn Robbins, Fandango’s director of analytics and founder of Box Office Theory, said the quiet stretch could set up something much bigger.

“This is the first time since the pandemic that Halloween has landed on a Saturday, and studios are wise to avoid competing with parties or trick-or-treating events, on top of the usual packed football schedule in the States this time of year.”

He said the gap can come before a busy run, which he expects this year as holiday moviegoing picks up and tentpole releases resume. He pointed to a December that “may be one for movie theater record books.”