TL;DR: The Halloween weekend box office was one of 2026’s quietest. A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything narrowly took No. 1 with an estimated $10.6 million in its third weekend, just ahead of Warner Bros.’ Clayface at $10.4 million. All films combined grossed an estimated $62.2 million, down 38% from the prior weekend and the third-lowest weekend of the year, according to Deadline. Globally, Clayface led with about $22.8 million, while Resident Evil passed $400 million worldwide.
A Halloween that fell on a Saturday, plus no major new wide release, made for a sleepy weekend at theaters. Still, the Halloween weekend box office produced a rare sight: a nonfiction film fighting a superhero movie for first place, and winning by a hair on studio estimates. Here’s how the weekend of October 30 to November 1 shook out.
Top 5 at the domestic box office (Oct. 30 to Nov. 1)
Figures are studio estimates reported by Deadline on Sunday. Final numbers are tallied on Monday and can shift the order in a race this close.
| Rank | Film | Studio | 3-day weekend | Change | Domestic total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Can See Everything | A24 | $10.6M | -43% | $63.88M | 3 |
| 2 | Clayface | Warner Bros. | $10.4M | -57% | $44M | 2 |
| 3 | Wildwood | Fathom / Laika | $7.49M | -39% | $25.8M | 2 |
| 4 | Street Fighter | Paramount | n/a | n/a | About $53M | 3 |
| 5 | Resident Evil | Sony | n/a | n/a | About $157.4M | 7 |
Totals for Street Fighter and Resident Evil come from Box Office Mojo’s estimated Sunday chart.
You Can See Everything edges out Clayface
The race came down to Sunday. Clayface won Halloween itself with $4.2 million, but You Can See Everything, the documentary pairing Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes, was ahead on Sunday, according to Deadline. Variety noted the A24 film expanded to 3,242 venues in its third frame, and said it would be “quite a feat” for a nonfiction film to reach No. 1 in its third weekend.
The film has been one of the season’s surprises. We tracked its rise in our earlier reports on the Street Fighter opening weekend and the Clayface opening weekend, when the documentary was already growing week over week. It opens in Australia on November 12 and in the UK on November 20, according to Deadline.
Day-by-day: how the top three played
Deadline’s Sunday update broke the weekend down by day. The pattern shows why the top spot was so tight: Clayface spiked on Halloween night, while You Can See Everything stayed remarkably steady across all three days.
| Film | Theaters | Friday | Saturday | Sunday (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can See Everything | 3,243 | $3.56M | $3.58M | $3.45M |
| Clayface | 3,478 | $3.25M | $4.275M | $2.8M |
| Wildwood | 3,103 | $2.39M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
A flat Saturday-to-Sunday run like the documentary’s can be a sign of steady word of mouth, since the film depended less on the holiday itself.
Clayface drops 57% in week two
DC’s Clayface fell 57% from its $24 million opening. Its domestic total stands at about $44 million. Overseas, it added $12.4 million for a global weekend of $22.8 million and a worldwide running total of $83 million, according to Deadline’s global report. Its biggest markets so far include:
- UK: $6.1 million
- Australia: $2.5 million
- Mexico: $2.5 million
- France: $2.4 million
- Brazil and Italy: $1.7 million each
Wildwood holds well for Laika
Laika’s stop-motion feature Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, held up best among the top three with a 39% drop to $7.49 million. Its global total of $35.8 million already tops the lifetime gross of Laika’s previous feature, Missing Link ($26.5 million), Deadline reported.
Why the weekend was so quiet
Deadline put the total for all films at an estimated $62.2 million, ranking ahead of only January 23 to 25 ($54.7 million) and February 6 to 8 ($61.9 million) among 2026 weekends. Two factors stand out:
- Halloween on a Saturday: trick-or-treating and parties pull audiences away from theaters on the holiday itself.
- No major wide release: Deadline’s global report says the lack of a big Hollywood opening hurt more than the holiday did.
The slowdown hit premium screens too: Imax took in only about $6 million worldwide over the weekend, according to Deadline.
Global milestones: Resident Evil and The Odyssey
Sony and Constantin’s Resident Evil passed $400 million worldwide in its seventh weekend, with $157.3 million from North America and $242.7 million from overseas. Deadline reports it is now the biggest installment of the franchise globally, the third highest-grossing horror film ever in China, and just $600,000 short of A24’s Backrooms ($400.6 million).
Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sits at $1.799 billion worldwide. Universal says its $1.17 billion international total is the studio’s biggest ever overseas, ahead of Furious 7, Deadline reported.
Other notable numbers
- Everest: The Other Side, a NatGeo documentary from Disney, opened with about $1 million domestically.
- Verity from Amazon MGM Studios has reached about $74.2 million domestically after 31 days.
- Other Mommy from Universal stands at about $55.6 million domestic.
What’s next
With the holiday season approaching, studios are counting on bigger November releases to lift the market out of this lull. Final weekend figures should confirm whether You Can See Everything or Clayface officially claimed No. 1.
Bottom line
This was a forgettable weekend in dollars, but a memorable one in headlines: a documentary edged a DC film for first place on estimates, Wildwood showed staying power, and Resident Evil joined the $400 million club. Expect a busier box office once major holiday releases arrive.
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