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Other Mommy Tops Box Office With $27.5M While The Social Reckoning Opens at $5.5M
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Other Mommy earned about $27.5 million to lead the domestic box office. The Social Reckoning opened with about $5.5 million, well below projections.
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Horror wins, Sorkin stumbles
“Other Mommy” topped the box office with $27.5 million in its first few days in 3,365 theaters, while “The Social Reckoning” opened to an estimated $5.5 million from 2,606 North American theaters. Universal Pictures released “Other Mommy” and the film’s production budget was around $19 million, and ABC News said the movie “opened in 50 international markets as well.” The Social Reckoning, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, earned an estimated $5.5 million from 2,606 North American theaters, and the film stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong.
Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian said, “October is a time when studios take chances and it doesn’t always work out.” “Other Mommy” received a D+ CinemaScore and “The Social Reckoning” received a B- CinemaScore.
Numbers vary by outlet
“The Social Reckoning” “only scrounged up $5.5 million of its estimated $30 million budget,” and “Other Mommy” earned $27.5 million in the U.S. and $17.7 million internationally for a total opening weekend showing of $45.2 million. The Times of India put “The Social Reckoning” at only USD 9 million worldwide over three days, with USD 5 million from the USA and Canada and the remainder from international releases. “Other Mommy” collected USD 45.1 million worldwide in its opening three days, with USD 27.5 million from the USA and Canada and USD 17.6 million from international markets.
“Other Mommy” earned $27.5 million in its first few days in 3,365 theaters. Audiences chose “fictional villains over irl ones this weekend,” with “Other Mommy” topping the domestic box office with $27.5 million and “The Social Reckoning” opening to a dismal $5.5 mil.
What comes next
“Other Mommy” grossed around $27.5 million for the weekend despite “overwhelmingly negative responses from critics and audiences alike,” and the film earned a D+ CinemaScore.
The start for Sony Pictures’ The Social Reckoning was “even softer than expected,” with director Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook-focused feature notched $5.5 million.
The Social Reckoning was “on-track to make only $5.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend,” and the studio projection range was “already underwhelming $7 million to $8 million.”
The Social Reckoning was released in theaters in the United States on Oct. 9, 2026, and it “will likely be available to stream on Netflix in North America once its theatrical run ends.”
The standard 120-day timeline points to an early Feb. 2027 streaming debut.