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“Clayface,” a body-horror film based on a little-known comic book, opened to $24 million, a middling result for DC Studios, which is in year two of its mixed-bag theatrical revival.

On the one hand, the gross isn’t bad considering that the title character is a niche player and the gory genre isn’t associated with the spandex set. On the other, it’s slightly below projections, which predicted that “Clayface” would open to between $25 million to $30 million. It was enough to hold off the second weekend of A24’s “You Can See Everything,” which earned $19.5 million. It also helps that “Clayface” is cheaper than most comic book movies, carrying a price tag of $44 million.…