Box Office: ‘The Social Reckoning’ Targets $7 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Other Mommy’ to Scare Up $20 Million-Plus Debut

'Other Mommy' Looks Promising at Box Office, 'Social Reckoning' Not So Much

Blumhouse is easing out of its recent slump with original horror, but Sony's "Social Network" companion film is facing an opening below $10 million

Box Office: ‘The Social Reckoning’ Targets $7 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Other Mommy’ to Scare Up $20 Million-Plus Debut

Spooky season at the box office is kicking off with two very different villains: an autocratic tech bro and a double-jointed doppelgänger from hell. This weekend’s new releases, Sony’s “The Social Reckoning,” featuring Jeremy Strong’s frigid take on Mark Zuckerberg, and “Other Mommy,” starring Jessica Chastain as a mother threatened by her creepy twin, are […]

Box Office: 'Other Mommy' To Lead U.S. at $20M, 'Social Reckoning' Misfire

With potential MLB playoff games this weekend in addition to NFL in full swing, the majors have booked this weekend adequately without any mega tentpole fare, rather lower budget pics aimed at specific demos. Sometimes during the tricky days of early October, studios will go with a tentpole, and watch a film crater as men flee to sports, especially if it doesn’t have electric word of mouth, i.e. last October’s Tron Ares ($33.2M). That didn’t o…

‘Other Mommy’ Projected To Wreck ‘Social Reckoning’s’ Opening Weekend

The Jessica Chastain horror thriller "Other Mommy" is projected to trounce Jeremy Strong’s Facebook drama "The Social Reckoning" as both films open in wide theaters this weekend at the box office.