Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy tops box office
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 11 Oct, 17:48 · Archive
The Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy earned $27.5 million in its opening weekend in North America.
The Jessica Chastain horror film Other Mommy topped the North American box office with $27.5 million in its opening weekend, drawing a larger audience than expected. The film, about a sinister supernatural creature that terrorises a young girl who believes it is her mother, opened across 3,365 theatres and earned a global debut of $45.2 million after also opening in 50 international markets.
Despite receiving poor reviews from both critics and audiences, scoring a D+ CinemaScore, the film proved successful for producer Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Universal Pictures. The production budget was around $19 million. Jim Orr, Universal's head of domestic distribution, said the audience was evenly split between genders, with about two-thirds aged 18 to 34 years old.
The weekend's other major release, The Social Reckoning, underperformed with an estimated $5.5 million across 2,606 theatres. The film, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, tells the story of a Facebook whistleblower who leaked documents to a Wall Street Journal reporter. Sorkin's previous work, The Social Network, opened to over $22 million sixteen years ago and went on to gross over $224 million worldwide.
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- 'Other Mommy' tops the box office with $27.5M; 'The Social Reckoning' opens to $5.5MThe Jessica Chastain horror film “Other Mommy” tops the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters.Clickorlando · 11 Oct, 17:28
- 'Other Mommy' tops the box office with $27.5M; 'The Social Reckoning' opens to $5.5MThe Jessica Chastain horror film “Other Mommy” tops the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters.News4Jax · 11 Oct, 17:28
In this story: Jessica Chastain · Aaron Sorkin · Universal Pictures · Blumhouse Atomic Monster · North America
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