{"id":924567,"date":"2026-10-11T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924567\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:28:09","slug":"the-social-reckoning-bombs-with-5-5-million-debut-horror-other-mommy-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924567\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Social Reckoning\u2019 Bombs With $5.5 Million Debut, Horror \u2018Other Mommy\u2019 Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSUNDAY UPDATE: The Social Reckoning<\/a> from Sony opened considerably below forecasts with a $5.5 million launch as audiences shrugged at Aaron Sorkin\u2019s Facebook takedown pic. Universal horror Other Mommy<\/a> starring Jessica Chastain easily held its no. 1 spot at the box office through the weekend with a strong $27.5 million debut despite dismal reviews.<\/p>\n

\n\tSome distributors noted Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall in the Gulf Region late Friday evening, saying it hampered some box-office in the Southern\/Gulf areas.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe October 9\u201311 domestic marketplace is estimated at $85.157 million, down 15.6% from last weekend and up 18.5% from the comparable weekend in 2025, as per Rentrak.<\/p>\n

\n\tYear-to-date domestic box office through October 11 totals $8.07 billion, compared with $6.75 billion through October 11, 2025, an increase of 19.6%. Domestic box office crossed $8 billion on Friday, October 9.<\/p>\n

\n\tVerity is in second place in week 2 after its opening secured the second best big screen debut for a Colleen Hoover novel and was also no. 1 worldwide. The majority of the audience skewed female for the romantic thriller. A big chunk of Verity\u2018s business comes from the South and South Central U.S. and the film\u2019s Saturday grosses took a hit from Hurricane Isaias. <\/p>\n

\n\tChart updating, reflective of Saturday and Sunday numbers:<\/p>\n

\n\t1. Other Mommy (Universal), 3,365 theaters Fri $12.6M Sat $8.95M Sun $5.95M 3-day $27.5M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t2. Verity (Amazon MGM), 3,572 theaters Fri $4M Sat $4.4M Sun $3.1M 3-day $11.5M (-64%) Total $53.9M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t3. Resident Evil (Sony), 3,085 theaters, Fri $2.32M Sat $3.49M Sun $2.53, 3-day $8.35M (-35%) Total $138.5M\/Wk 4<\/p>\n

\n\t4 Heart Of The Beast (Paramount) 3,365 theaters Fri $1.9M Sat $3M Sun $2M 3-day $7.1M (-35%) Total $49.6MM\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\t5. The Social Reckoning (Sony) 2,606 theaters Fri $2.25M Sat $1.76M Sun $1.49M 3-day $5.5M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t6. Forgotten Island (Universal) 2,898 theaters Fri $1.1M Sat $1.9M Sat $1.5M 3-day $4.5M (-38%) Total $30.3M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\t7. Primetime (A24) 2,269 theaters Fri $1.26M Sat $1.57M Sun $1.18M 3-day $4M (-48% Total $41M\/Wk 3<\/p>\n

\n\t8. Digger (Warner Bros.) 3,321 theaters Fri $9757K Sat $1.3M Sun $915K 3-day $3.2M (-60%) Total $14.4M\/Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t9. Angel And The Bad Man (Angel Studios) 2,263 Fri $935K Sat $671k Sun $457k 3-day$2.06M\/Wk 1<\/p>\n

\n\t10. The Odyssey (Universal) 560 theaters, Fri $530k $840k $630k 3-day $2M (+54%) $623M\/Wk 13<\/p>\n

\n\tSATURDAY UPDATE: Horror Other Mommy from Universal is now eyeing a $28 million weekend with 3,365 playdates, barreling ahead atop the box office. The film is so far playing well across the board but best in the West, South and South Central U.S, with LA\u2019s AMC Burbank the top grossing cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\tTracking was strong on this out of the gate with an effective campaign. Early numbers are shrugging off a soft D+ CinemaScore and PostTrak at 47% in the top two boxes and a not great 33% definite recommend. It\u2019s sitting at 18% with RT critics, 46% with audiences \u2014 all of which could impact the longevity of its run. But maybe not. Is mommy horror especially, creepily alluring? (Will be back with stats on that.) Demos are 51% male to 49% female. The largest cohort is 18- to 24-year-olds at 38%.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn week two, Amazon MGM\u2019s R-rated psychological thriller Verity takes the no. 2 spot with a decent hold, grossing $4 million Friday from 3,572 theaters for an early 3-day weekend estimate of $14.2 million (-56%). The cume now stands at $56.6 million. Directed by Michael Showalter with a screenplay by Nick Antosca based on the Colleen Hoover bestselling book, it stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.<\/p>\n

\n\tSimilar week two drop as another Hoover adaptation, Reminders Of Him, from Universal back in March.<\/p>\n

\n\tColumbia Pictures\u2019 Resident Evil continues to hold well grossing $2.3 million on Friday at 3,085 locations for an estimated $8.2 million in week 4 (-35%), bringing its latest domestic total to $138.4 million through Sunday. Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) reinvents the popular franchise in an all-new story starring Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s survival thriller Heart Of The Beast is looking at a $6.9M weekend (down 37%) at 3,365 theaters in its third weekend out for acume of $49.5M. It made $1.96M Friday. The David Ayer film has an A- CinemaScore, a 94% RT audience score, great staying power. A retired Special Forces veteran (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog must survive the harsh Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash.<\/p>\n

\n\tColumbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment\u2019s The Social Reckoning made $2.15 million on Friday from 2,606 locations. The film is projected to open to $6 million for the weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we\u2019re seeing play out today, this Aaron Sorkin original screenplay is a companion piece to the hit film The Social Network and a true David and Goliath story. Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.<\/p>\n

\n\tCinemascore is B-. Audiences like it more than critics at 70% vs 54% Rotten Tomatoes scores. PostTrak: At 75% in the top two boxes and a 59% definite recommend. Demos are 75% male\/43% female and 25 to 34-year-olds with 28% of the audience 25-34. Played very well on the coasts with the West and the East representing 54% of the overall gross. AMC Lincoln Square in NY is the leading location.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat said, The Social Network opened to $22M and legged out to $97M back in 2010 as the hugely entertaining origin story of Facebook and its bizarre founder Mark Zuckerberg grabbed the zeitgeist. The massive power wielded by Zuckerberg and other tech titans has only grown since and is certainly worth exploring, but the WSJ stories and Haugen\u2019s explosive testimony before Congress were back in 2021, well covered and much has happened since, except any dramatic fallout for Facebook. It may be that general public is less intrigued at this point by the ills of social media as by AI which is now leading the national conversation.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s PG-rated Forgotten Island is forging on in week 3 with no real competition in the kids\u2019 market (until Cat In The Hat in November). CinemaScore is a solid A and the DreamWorks Amination film by Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado sits at 95% and 96% with RT critics\/auds. The projected 3-day weekend is $5.2 million (-27%) after $1.1M Friday for a projected new cume of about $30 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tA24\u2019s Primetime ($1.26M weekend, 2,269 screens, est. week 3 cume $38.7M); Digger ($3M weekend, 3,321 screens, est. week 2 cume $14M); Angel And The Bad Man ($935K opening, 2,263 screens); and, notably, The Odyssey look to round out the top ten. After a week hiatus, The Odyssey reclaimed lucrative 70MM Imax prints for a nearly 60% jump in box office this weekend. The Christopher Nolan film \u2014 in week 18 \u2013has a projected 3-day gross of $2 million at 560 locations for a cume of $622 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tFRIDAY PM: Mom is bringing home the bacon. Other Mommy is on track for a $27.5 million opening weekend on 3,365 screens to top the domestic box office. This despite some scathing reviews for the Universal Pictures release by Rob Savage from producer James Wan and Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Jessica Chastain stars in dual roles as real mom and mom creature. <\/p>\n

\n\tHorror films are a good bet Halloween month and this one topped expectations for Thursday previews of $3.6 million leading into a solid weekend. Friday is at $12.3 million. The number is solid especially given a $19 million budget.<\/p>\n

\n\tGood comps are Universal\u2019s The Black Phone 1 and 2 with, respectively, $23.6M and $27.3M opening weekends after $3 million and $2.6 million in Thursday previews. U\u2019s The Exorcist: Believer debuted to $26.5M after $2.85 in previews.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Social Reckoning from Sony Pictures is indeed struggling at no. 5 after soft previews ($650k) with Friday at $2.3M and the three-day weekend $6M at 2,606 locations. That\u2019s on the lower end of initial projections of about $7M.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe comp was Digger last week, the costly Warner Bros. debacle that opened to $8 million, after $1.2 million in previews. The Aaron Sorkin film (after incentives) cost $30M, significantly less than the Tom Cruise-starring climate change romp, and was 50% financed by Alcon. Reviews were not good here either but matter more as the Facebook-Mark Zuckerberg takedown aims for a more picky crowd than the one turning out for a stretchy mommy.<\/p>\n

\n\tBacking up, no. 2 for the weekend is Amazon MGM\u2019s Verity in week 2 on 3,572 screens with $3.7 million Friday, a $13.3M weekend and a cume of $55.6 million total for the romantic thriller from the Colleen Hoover novel.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony\u2019s Resident Evil is third in week 4 on 3,085 screens with a Friday around $7M for an estimated cume of $137M.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s survival thriller Heart Of The Beast is in fourth place in week 3 at 3,365 theaters with an anticipated Friday take of $6.2M for a $49M cume.<\/p>\n

\n\tA24\u2019s Primetime, Digger and Angel And The Bad Man from Angel Studios round out the top ten.<\/p>\n

\n\tFRIDAY AM: Universal Pictures release Other Mommy saw a strong $3.6M from previews beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday from 2,850 theaters and opens today on 3,365 screens. The Social Reckoning is reckoning with $650k.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther Mommy, the Jessica Chastain-toplined horror by Rob Savage from producer James Wan and Blumhouse Atomic Monster sees a young girl (Arabella Olivia Clark) form a relationship with a sinister entity in her home who looks uncannily like her own mother. Oscar winner Chastain and It: Chapter Two star plays dual roles as the real and the other mother.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The 65 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe previews were strong for a Blumhouse movie of this size, though early reviews are very far from kind. Horror has been a safe bet in the run-up to Halloween, and while the market is crowded, there are no new tentpoles. The R-rated Other Mommy was eyeing an opening in the mid-$20 million range. We\u2019ll see how the reviews and audience reaction impact the weekend.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJessica Chastain in \u2018Other Mommy\u2019<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversal Pictures\/Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tSony\u2019s The Social Reckoning from Columbia Pictures and Alcon Entertainment took in a soft $650K for Thursday previews starting at 4 p.m. at 2,368 locations. Aaron Sorkin\u2019s follow-up to 2010\u2019s The Social Network is at 59% fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Inspired by true events, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) enlists the help of Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) to expose the nefarious doings of the social media giant. Jeremy Strong stepped in as Mark Zuckerberg, who was played by Jesse Eisenberg in Social Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: \u2018The Social Reckoning\u2019 New York Red Carpet Premiere Photos: Jeremy Strong, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White & More<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThe comp for this was Digger, which posted previews of $1.2M last week. The Social Network production cost (after incentives) came in at $30M is significantly cheaper than the Warner. Bros pic, and it is 50% financed by Alcon. Projections are for an opening weekend in the mid-single digit millions.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow the week\u2019s top 5 went:<\/p>\n

\n\t1. Verity (Amazon MGM) 3,510 theaters, Wk $42.4M<\/p>\n

\n\t2. Resident Evil (Sony) 3,256 theaters, Wk $17.8M, Total $130.2M\/Wk3<\/p>\n

\n\t3. Heart of the Beast (Paramount) 3,481, Wk $15.1M, Total $42.5M, Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t4. Primetime (A24) 2,894, Wk $10.8M, Total $38.8M, Wk 2<\/p>\n

\n\t5. Digger (Warner Bros.) 3,321, Wk $11.2M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUNDAY UPDATE: The Social Reckoning from Sony opened considerably below forecasts with a $5.5 million launch as audiences…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,20263,149285],"class_list":["post-924567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-other-mommy","tag-the-social-reckoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}