'Other Mommy' Tops the Box Office with $27.5M; 'The Social Reckoning' Opens to $5.5M
The horror film opened above expectations despite poor reviews and a D+ CinemaScore, while the Facebook drama drew just $5.5 million.
- Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster's "Other Mommy," starring Jessica Chastain, led the box office with a $27.5 million opening this weekend, the only film earning more than $12 million.
- Sony/Columbia/Alcon's "The Social Reckoning" grossed just $5.5 million in its debut, earning less than a third of the $22 million opening for 2010's "The Social Network" 16 years prior.
- Both releases faced mixed reception; "Other Mommy" earned a CinemaScore grade and 19% on Rotten Tomatoes, while "The Social Reckoning" received a CinemaScore grade and 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Hurricane Isaias kept moviegoers in the southeastern United States out of theaters Friday and Saturday, contributing to weekend box office totals sinking to an estimated $88-90 million from last weekend's $100 million.
- "Other Mommy" is positioned against a modest $19 million budget, while Sony's "Resident Evil" remains a strong holdover and upcoming releases like "Clayface" will intensify Halloween horror competition ahead.
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Film with Jessica Chastain did not fully meet the expectations and "The Social verdict" fell with a bang in the ticket booths.
‘Other Mommy’ tops the box office with $27.5M; ‘The Social Reckoning’ opens to $5.5M – WTOP News
The Jessica Chastain horror “Other Mommy” topped the North American box office this weekend with a bigger audience than expected, while “The Social Reckoning” got off to a lackluster start.
Redacción Internacional, 12 Oct (EFE).- ‘The Social Reckoning’ (‘The price of the network’) has not met the expectations of its creators and has barely raised $5.5 million on its first opening weekend and has been surpassed by ‘Other Mommy’ (‘The other mother’), which has reached 27.5, according to the website [...] The entry ‘The Social Reckoning’ fails in a box office where ‘Other Mommy’ triumphs was first published in HolaNews.
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